116 TWENTY-THIRD REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 
2. LACTARIUS AFFINIS 7. Sp. 
Pileus fleshy, viscid, smooth, centrally depressed, pale 
ochraceous-yellow ; lamelle rather broad, whitish, tinged with 
yellow, some of them forked near the inner extremity ; stipe 
equal, smooth, stuffed, at length hollow, concolorous ; flesh, 
milk and spores white. 
Height 2’- 4’, breadth of pileus 3’—4’, stipe 6’— 8” thick. 
Pastures. Catskill Mountains. October. 
Very near Lactarius insulsus, from which it differs only in 
the entire absence of zones or bands, and in having the spores 
white, instead of yellow. The taste is acrid. but for the 
color of the spores, I should not have separated it from LZ. 
insulsus. 
3. LACTARIUS UviIDUSs #7. 
Pileus rather thin, convex, then expanded, sometimes de- 
pressed, smooth, viscid, grayish-brown or livid-brown, tinged 
with flesh-color, often with a small umbo; lamelle narrow, 
close, white or yellowish, becoming purplish or dull lilac where 
cut or bruised ; stipe rather long, equal, or slightly tapering 
upward, white, stuffed or hollow, smooth ; milk white, chang 
ing to dull lilac color. 
Height 2’ 4’, breadth of pileus 1’—2.5’, stipe 3’— 5” thick. 
Woods, generally in moist places. North Elba and West 
Albany. August — October. 
Flesh turning purplish when cut. The taste is slightly acrid. 
4, LACTARIUS DELICIosus /7. 
Pileus at first convex and broadly umbilicate, then depressed, 
smooth, viscid when moist, pale orange with brighter colored 
bands; lamelle rather broad, subconcolorous; stipe equal, 
smooth, stuffed or hollow, concolorous, sometimes spotted ; 
milk orange-colored. 
Height 2’-3’, breadth of pileus 2-3’, stipe 4’— 6” thick. 
Ground in woods and open places. Catskill and Adiron- 
dack Mountains and Sandlake. August—October. 
Esculent, and said to be very good. The taste is mild. The 
pileus fades with age, and the wounded lamelle at length 
become stained with green. 
*5. LACTARIUS VOLEMUS /7. 
Pileus fleshy, thick, firm, convex, then expanded or 
depressed, dry, yellowish-tawny, the cuticle of the disk some- 
times cracking into areas; lamelle narrow, close, white or 
