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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 143. Lactarius deliciosus. One-third natural size. 

 Caps light reddish-yellow. Milk orange color. 



times irregular, wavy ; flesh 

 brittle, creamy, more or less 

 stained with orange. 



The gills are slightly de- 

 current in the depressed 

 specimens, somewhat crowd- 

 ed, forked at the stem, short 

 ones beginning at the mar- 

 gin ; when bruised exuding 

 a copious supply of milky 

 juice of an orange color; a 

 pale tan-color, turning green 

 in age or in drying. Spores 

 are echinulate, 9-10x7-8/*. 



The stem is two to three 

 inches or more, equal, 



smooth, hollow, slightly pruinose, paler than the cap, occasionally spotted with 



orange, tinged with green in old plants. 



The taste of the raw plant is slightly peppery. It grows in damp woods and 



is sometimes quite common. Its name suggests the estimation in which it is held 



by all who have eaten it. 



Like all Lactarii it must be 



well cooked. The specimens 



in Figure 143 were gath- 

 ered on Cemetery Hill close 



to the pine trees and in 



company with Boletus Am- 



ericanus. Found from July 



to November. I found the 



plant in a more typical 



form about Salem, Ohio. 



Lactarius uvidus. J'r. 



Uvidus is from uva, 

 grape, so called because 

 when exposed to the air 

 changes to the color of a 

 grape. 



The pileus is two to four 

 inches broad, flesh rather 

 thin, convex, sometimes 



irius uvidus. 



