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The milk in this species is very abundant and rather pleasant to the taste. 

 It becomes quite sticky as it dries on your hands. This plant has a good record 

 among - mushroom eaters, both in this country and Europe. 



There is no danger of mistaking it. The plants grow in damp woods from 

 July to September. They are found singly or in patches. They were found quite 

 plentifully about Salem, Ohio, and also about Chillicothe. 



Photo by Prof. Atkinson. 

 Figure 142. Lactarius volemus. Natural size. Caps golden-tawny. Milk copious, as will be seen 



where the plant has been pricked. 



Lactarius deliciosus. Fr. 



The Delicious Lactarius. Edible. 



Deliciosus, delicious. The pileus is three to five inches broad ; color varying 

 from yellow to dull orange or even brownish-yellow with mottled concentric zones 

 of deeper color, especially in younger plants, sometimes a light reddish-yellow, 

 without apparent zones (as is the case of those in Figure 143) ; convex, when 

 expanded becoming very much depressed; funnel-shaped; smooth, moist, some- 



