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pubescence or tomentum, dry, sometimes rugose-wrinkled and often 
becoming rimose-areolate, yellowish-tawny or brownish-orange; lamellz 
distant, adnate or subdecurrent, white or cream-color, the interspaces 
uneven or venose, stem short, equal or tapering downward, soltd, glabrous 
or merely pruinose, colored like the pileus ; spores subglobose or broadly 
elliptical, nearly smooth, .00035 to .oo045 in., milk white, taste mild. 
Pileus 1 to 4 in. broad, stem .5 to 1 in. long, 4 to 8 lines thick. 
Grassy ground and borders of woods. Albany, Greenbush and Sand- 
lake. July and August. 
This plant has almost exactly the color of LZ. volemus, but differs 
from it in its distant lamella, short stem, less copious milk and less 
globose spores. Its flesh is white, with a thickness about equal to the 
breadth of the lamelle. It is probably edible, but has not yet been 
tested. The typical LZ. hygrophoroides is described as having the pileus 
yellowish-red and pulverulent, and the lamellz luteous. It is also repre- 
sented as a small plant; but our specimens, while not fully agreeing 
with this description, approach so closely to it in some of their forms 
that they doubtless belong to the same species. We have therefore 
extended the description so that it may include our plant. In wet 
weather the pileus sometimes becomes funnel-form by the elevation of 
the margin. 
« Lactarius volemus, /’. 
Orange Lactarius. Orange-brown Lactarius. 
Agaricus testaceus, A.& S. A. ruber, Secr. 
Pileus firm, convex nearly plane or centrally depressed, rarely infun- 
dibuliform, sometimes with a small umbo, generally even, glabrous, dry, 
golden-tawny or brownish-orange, sometimes darker in the center, often 
becoming rimose-areolate; lamellze close, adnate or subdecurrent, white 
or yellowish, becoming sordid or brownish where bruised or wounded ; 
stem subequal, variable in length, firm, solid, glabrous or merely prui- 
nose, colored like the pileus, sometimes a little paler; spores globose, 
white, .00035 to .00045 in.; milk copious, white, taste acrid. 
Var. subrugosus. Pileus rugose-reticulated on the margin. 
Pileus 2 to 5 in. broad, stem 1 to 4 in. long, 4 to ro lines thick. 
Thin woods and open places. Common. July to September. Edible. 
The color of the pileus is a peculiar mixture of red and yellow, some- 
times shaded with brown. It is generally free from the attacks of in- 
sects, and this, with its beautiful and nearly uniform color, makes it an 
attractive species. It is nearly as celebrated as L. deliciosus for its edi- 
ble qualities. Cordier says “it is one of the most agreeable fungi to 
eat.’”’ Its flesh is firm but brittle, white or yellowish. Its milk is very 
abundant and its taste mild or slightly astringent. In drying, the speci- 
mens sometimes emit a disagreeable odor. We have followed Fries and 
other continental mycologists in writing the specific name “ volemus.” 
Some English authors have it “ volemum.” The variety connects this 
species with the next. 
Lactarius corrugis, Peck. 
Corrugated Lactarius. 
Pileus firm, convex, then nearly plane or centrally depressed, rugose 
reticulated, covered with a velvety pruinosity or pubescence, dark 
