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minutely squamulose tomentose, gray or brownish-gray, becoming paler 
with age; lamellz thin, close, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish or 
yellowish; stem slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, rather fragile, 
stuffed or hollow, generally villose 0: tomentose at the base; paler than 
or colored like the pileus,; spores .0003 to .00035 in.; milk white, taste 
subacrid. 
Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad, stem 1 to 2 in. long, 1 to 3 lines thick. 
Woods and swamps on much decayed wood and mossy ground. 
Common. July to September. 
The relationship of this species is with ZL. mammosus Fr., from 
which it differs in its lamella, which do not become ferruginous, and in 
its stem which is not pubescent, though it generally has long coarse tom- 
entose hairs at its base. Its habitat also is peculiar, being much 
decayed mossy prostrate trunks or damp mossy vegetable mold in woods 
and swamps. It bears some resemblance to JL. cinereus in form and 
color, but it is generally smaller, and easily distinguished by its dry 
tomentulose pileus. ; 
Lactarius glyciosmus, 
Fragrant Lactarius. Scented Lactarius. 
‘Pileus thin, convex nearly plane or depressed, often with a small 
umbo or papilla, minutely squwamulose, cinereous, grayish-brown or 
smoky-brown, sometimes tinged with pink, the margin even or slightly 
and distinctly striate; lamellze narrow, close, adnate or decurrent, 
whitish or yellowish; stem equal, glabrous or obsoletely pubescent, 
stuffed, rarely hollow, whitish or colored like the pileus; spores .0003 to 
.00035 in., milk white, taste acrid and unpleasant, sometimes bitterish, 
odor aromatic. 
Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad, stem 6 to 18 lines long, 1 to 3 lines thick. 
Woods and open places on the ground and on decaying wood 
Adirondack mountains, West Albany and Karner. September and 
October. ; 
The distinctive characters of the species are its small size, squamulese 
pileus and agreeable odor. This is described by European authors as 
spirituous or like that of alcohol, but to me it resembles rather that 
of dry melilot and is not much unlike that of L. camphoratus. The 
American plant, so far as observed, does not have the red hues ascribed . 
to the European. 
Lactarius alpinus, Peck. 
Alpine Lactarius. 
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, sometimes centrally depressed, 
uccasionally with a small umbo or papilla, tomentose or squamulose, 
tawny-ochraceous; lamelle close, adnate or decurrent, yellowish; stem 
equal or slightly tapering upward, glabrous, solid or stuffed, paler than 
or colored like the pileus ; spores .0003 to .00035 in.; milk whi/v. taste 
acrid. 
Pileus 8 to 18 lines broad, stem 12 to 18 lines long, 2 to 3 lines thick 
Summit ot Haystack mountain and Karner. August. Rare. 
Apparently allied to L. helvus Fr., but so much smaller that I can 
scarcely think it the same species and have for the present kept it dis- 
tinct. The plants resemble LZ. swbdulets in size and somewhat in color, 
