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Lactarius camphoratus, /7. 
Camphor Lactarius. 
Agaricus camphoratus, Bull. 
Pileus thin, convex, then nearly plane or depressed, generally with a 
small umbo or papilla, glabrous, bay-red or brownish-red, sometimes 
zonate, the spreading margin occasionally wavy or/flexuous ; lamellze 
narrow, thin, close, yellowish or dull reddish ; stem subequal, glabrous, 
stuffed or hollow, colored like the pileus; spores globose, white, .0003 
to .00035 in.; milk white, taste mild, odor agreeable. aromatic, 
Pileus .5 to 1.5 in. broad, stem 1 to 2 in. long, 2 to 3 lines thick. 
Swamps and wet places, also in woods. Sandlake and Adirondack 
mountains. July to September. 
This plant resembles the preceding species in color, but it differs 
from it decidedly in size and in taste. The European plant is de- 
scribed as subzonate, but I have seen no zonate specimens. ‘The color 
of the lamellz, when old, resembles that of the pileus, though they are 
paler. The odor is not like that of camphor, as the name would seem 
to imply. To me it resembles that of dried Cyperus inflecus or dried 
melilot. It is often weak in the fresh plant, but becomes more distinct 
in the dried specimens, which retain it a long time. Gillet gives the 
species as edible. ; 
- Lactarius subdulcis, 7. 
‘ Sweet Lactarius. Sweetish Lactarius. 
Agaricus subdulcis, Bull. 
Pileus thin, convex, then plane or subinfundibuliform, with or with- 
out a small umbo or papilla, glabrous, even, zoneless, moist or dry, 
tawny-red, cinnamon-red or brownish-red, the margin sometimes wavy or 
flexuous ; lamellz rather narrow, thin, close, whitish, sometimes tinged 
with red; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, slender, glabrous, 
sometimes villous at the base, stuffed or hollow, paler than or colored 
like the pileus; spores globose, white, .o003 to .o0035 in.; milk white, 
taste mild or tardily and slightly acrid, sometimes woody or bitterish and 
unpleasant, flesh whitish, pinkish or reddish-gray, odor none. 
Pileus .5 to 2 in. broad, stem 1 to 2.5 in long 1 to 3 lines thick. 
Fields, copses, woods, swamps and wet places. July to October. 
Very common. . 
This species grows in almost every variety of soil and locality. It 
may be found in showery weather on dry, rocky soil, on bare ground or 
among mosses or fallen leaves. In drier weather it is still plentiful in 
swamps and wet, shaded places, and in sphagnous marshes. It some- 
times grows on decaying wood. It is also as variable as it is common. 
Gillet has described the following varieties. 
Var. cinnamomeus. Pileus cinnamon-red, subshining ; stem stuffed, 
then hollow; taste mild, becoming slightly acrid or bitter. 
Var. rufus. Pileus dull chestnut-red, becoming more concave; stem 
spongy ; taste mild. 
Var. badius. Pileus bay-red, shining as if varnished, with an obtuse 
disk and an inflexed, elegently crenulate margin , stem very glabrous, 
hollow. 
