THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS 



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Lactarius lignyotus. Fr. 

 Thk Sooty Lactarius. Edible. 



Lignyotus is from lignum, wood. The pileus is one to four inches in diameter, 

 fleshy, convex, then expanded, sometimes slightly umbonate, often in age slightly 

 depressed, smooth or often wrinkled, pruinosely velvety, sooty umber, the margin 

 in the old plants wavy and distinctly plaited ; the flesh white and mild to the taste. 



The gills are attached to the stem ; unequal ; snow-white or yellowish-white, 

 slowly changing to a pinkish-red or salmon color when bruised ; distant in old 

 plants. 



The stem is one to three inches long, equal, abruptly constricted at the apex, 

 smooth, stuffed, of the same color as the pileus. Milk white, taste mild or tardily 

 acrid. The spores are globose, yellowish, 9-11.3^. 



This is called the Sooty Lactarius and is very easily identified. It will be 

 frequently found associated with the Smoky Lactarius which it greatly resembles. 

 It seems to delight in wet swampy woods. It is said to be one of the best of the 

 Lactarii. The specimens in Figure 136 were collected at Sandusky, Ohio, and 

 photographed by Dr. Kellerman. 



Lactarius cincrcus. Pk. 



Cinereus is from cincrcs, 

 ashes ; so called from the 

 color of the plant. 



The pileus is one to two 

 and a half inches broad, 

 zoneless, somewhat viscid, 

 floccose-scaly, depressed in 

 the center, margin thin, 

 even, flesh thin and white, 

 mild to the taste, ashy-gray. 



The gills are adnate, 

 rather close, sometimes 

 forked (usually near the 

 stem), uneven, white or 

 creamy-white, milk white, 

 not plentiful. 



The stem is two to three 

 inches long, tapering up- 

 ward, loosely stuffed, final- 

 ly hollow, often floccose at 

 the base. 



Figure 137. Lactarius cinereus. 



