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authorities speak of it as dangerous. Captain Mcllvaine speaks of the Russians as 

 preserving it in salt and eating it seasoned with oil and vinegar. They grow in the 

 woods, open places, and in fields. The specimens in Figure 127 were found in 

 Michigan and photographed by Dr. Fischer. 



Figure 127. Eactarius torminosus. Three-fourths natural size. Caps yellowish-red- 

 or ochracious tinged with red, margin incurved. 



Lactarius piperatus. Fr. 

 The Peppery Lactarius. Edible. 



Piperatus having a peppery taste. The pileus is creamy-white, fleshy, firm, 

 convex, then expanded, depressed in the center, dry, never viscid, and quite broad. 



The gills are creamy-white, narrow, close, unequal, forked, decurrent, adnate, 

 exuding a milky juice when bruised, milky-white, very acrid. 



The stem is creamy white, short, thick, solid, smooth, rounded at the end, 

 slightly tapering at the base. Spores generally with an apiculus, .0002 by .00024 

 inch. 



The plant is found in all parts of Ohio, but most people are afraid of it on 

 account of its very peppery taste. Although it can be eaten without harm, it will 

 never prove a favorite. 



It is found in open woods from July to October. In its season is one of the 

 very common plants in all of our woods 



