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Lactarius camphoratus (Jiull.) Fr. 



CAMPIIORV LACTARIUS 



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Pileus thin, convex, nearly plane or centrally depressed, often 

 with a small umbo, glabrous, dry, bay red or brownish red, flesh 

 tinged with the color of the pileus, milk white, taste mild ; lamellae 

 thin, narrow, close, adnate or slightly decurrent, dull reddish or 

 similar to the pileus; stem sul)e(jual, glabrous, stuffed or hollow, 

 colored like or a little i)aler than the pileus; spores glolx>se, white, 

 <S-9 II- in diameter. 



The camphory lactarius is closely related to the sweetish lactarius, 

 Lactarius s u 1m1 u 1 c i s (l>ull.) Fr. from which it is sepa- 

 rated by its darker red color and its agreeable odor. In color it 

 approaches Lactarius rufus (Scop.) Fr. from which its 

 smaller size and mild taste easily separate it. Its uml)o. when preii- 

 ent, is very small and its margin is sometimes wavy. The color is 

 generally bay red, but CKcasionally it approaches the color of the 

 cap of the sweetish lactarius from which the odor is then the most 

 available character for the separation of these species. 



The gills also are occasionally i)aler than usual and thereby tend 

 to ihc confusion of these two species. The odor is less pronounced 

 in the fresh plant tlian in the dry. It becomes more distinct in dry- 

 ing and i)ersists a long time. It is not like that of camjjhor as the 

 name would suggest, Init resemi)les more the odor of dried melilot. 

 it is not always wholly dispelled by -cooking, but the flavor is not in 

 our opinion a serious objection to the edibility of this mushroom. 

 It occurs in swamps, wet places and in woods from July to 

 Se])tember. 



Lactarius lignyotus Fr. 



SOOI ^' r.ACTARIl'S 



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 Pileus convex, plane or slightly depressed, dry, with or without a 

 small umbo, often radiately wrinkled in the center, pruinosely 

 velvety, even on the margin or crenately lobed and distantly but 

 briefly plicate striate, sooty brown, flesh white, milk white, taste 

 mild or tardily and slightly acrid ; lamellae subdi.stant, adnate or 

 slightly decurrent. white or creamy yellow, assuming reddish tints 



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