118 TWENTY-THIRD REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 
Very common. July-—October. The taste is at first mild, 
soon slightly acrid and woody. ri 
9. LACTARIUS RUFUS Scop. 
Pileus fleshy, at first convex and centrally depressed, then 
funnel-form, smooth, often with a small umbo, dull bay; 
lamellee not broad, close, yellowish, tinged with red or flesh- 
color; stipe equal, smooth, stuffed, subconcolorous; flesh | 
pinkish-tinged ; milk white. 
Height 3’-5’, breadth of pileus 2’ 4’, stipe 3"—5" thick. 
Low swampy woods. North Elba. August. Taste in- 
-tensely acrid. 
10. LACTARIUS PLATYPHYLLUS 7. Sp. 
Pileus fleshy, thick, depressed, with the margin spreading 
or decurved, sometimes subfunnel-form, smooth, yellowish 
flesh-color ; lamelle broad, not crowded, dull yellowish; stipe 
equal, stout, smooth, hollow, a little paler than the pileus; 
flesh white ; milk white. 
Height 4’-6’, breadth of pileus 4’~8’, stipe 6-12” thick. 
Woods. North Elba. August. 
A very large species, with an acrid taste. In color it 
resembles ZL. chrysorheus, from which it is distinct by its large 
size, zoneless pileus, unchanging milk, and very broad lamelle, 
which are 4" wide. The pileus is perhaps viscid in moist - 
weather. I have only seen it dry. 
11. LAcTARIUS CHRYSORHEUS F77. 
Pileus fleshy, not thick, convex, umbilicate, then expanded 
and centrally depressed or subfunnel-form, nearly smooth, 
yellowish flesh-colored, with brighter bands; lamelle narrow, 
close, yellowish, stained with sordid reddish or brown spots 
where bruised; stipe equal, smooth, paler than the pileus, 
stuffed or hollow; flesh white, stained with yellow; milk 
white, quickly changing to yellow. 
Height 2’-4’, breadth of pileus 2’—4’, stipe 4’-6" thick. 
Woods and groves. Common. North Elba, West Albany, 
etc. August-— October. 
The taste is acrid and woody. The colored bands of the 
pileus are sometimes wanting. 
*12. LACTARIUS PIPERATUS Scop. 
Pileus fleshy, thick, firm, smooth, at first convex and 
umbilicate or centrally depressed, at length funnel-form ; 
lamellee narrow, close, some of them forked, white; stipe 
short, stout, equal, firm, solid; flesh white ; milk white. 
