. REpoRT or THE BOTANIST. 119 
Breadth of pileus 4’ 6’, stipe 1’-2’ long, 8’- 12” thick. 
Woods, especially under hemlock trees. Very common. 
This is classed with the edible species, although its taste is 
acrid in the uncooked state. 
13. LACTARIUS SORDIDUS n. sp. 
Pileus fleshy, thick, firm, convex and centrally depressed, 
at length subfunnel-form, nearly smooth, pale brownish-yel- 
low, the disk darker, with greenish hues; lamelle very 
narrow, close, white or yellowish ; stipe short, firm, equal or 
slightly tapering upward, hollow, concolorous, generally 
spotted ; flesh white, with a pinkish tinge; milk white. 
Height 2’—3’, breadth of pileus 2’ 4’, stipe 4’— 6” thick. 
Ground under spruce and balsam trees. North Elba. Sep- 
tember. ‘Taste acrid. 
The pileus of this, like that of Z. piperatus, is often soiled 
by dirt carried up in its growth. (Plate 2, figs. 10-12.) 
14, LACTARIUS PYROGALUS F7. 
Pileus fleshy, expanded or depressed, smooth, often slightly 
zoned when moist, livid-gray ; lamelle narrow, not crowded, 
white or yellowish ; stipe short, equal, stuffed or hollow, con- 
colorous ; flesh whitish ; milk white. 
Height 1’—2’, breadth of pileus 1’—2’, stipe 2’—4” thick. 
Ground in grassy places and borders of woods. Greenbush 
and Center. October. Taste acrid, woody. 
15. LACTARIUS PLUMBEUS 77. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex and centrally depressed, then 
subfunnel-form, dry, minutely tomentose, varying in color, 
grayish-brown, pinkish-brown, or blackish-brown; lamelle 
narrow, close, yellowish; stipe firm, equal, solid, paler than 
the pileus ; flesh and milk white. 
Height 1’—3’, breadth of pileus 1-3’, stipe 3’—6” thick. 
In hemlock woods. Catskill Mountains. October. Taste 
acrid. 
* 16. LACTARIUS SUBTOMENTOSUS B. & R. 
Pileus fleshy, not thick, convex, then expanded or slightly 
depressed, dry, minutely tomentose, brown, sometimes with a 
small umbo, often with the margin wavy-lobed ; lamelle dis- 
tant, yellowish ; stipe equal, rather long, stuffed, concolorous ; 
flesh white ; milk white. 
Height 2’-4’, breadth of pileus 2’ 3’, stipe 3’- 4° thick. 
