Fungi with Gills 



GENUS GOMPHIDIUS 



This genus has black spores. The lamellae are waxy, and 

 grow downward on the stem. 



GENUS PSATHYRELLA 



The members of this genus are fleshy fungi, with black 



spores. They have no annulus, and the lamellae are not waxy 



or decurrent. The cap is striate, and the stem has a hard, 

 tough rind. 



GENUS PAN&OLUS 



There are six or more species of this genus in America. 

 They have black ovoid spores, a cap smooth and not striate, a 

 fleshy stem. Some species are very dangerous. 



GENUS LACTARIUS 



A milky or coloured juice exuding from the broken gills of a 

 fungus marks it as a Ladarius. The species are mostly stout 

 and fleshy, the cap resembling an inverted cone; the gills are 

 more or less decurrent, and the stem short and stout. Many of 

 the species have a hot, acrid taste, and some have zones of colour 

 on the surface of the cap. The spores are white or yellow. The 

 juice exuded may be white or orange or blue. No less than eight 

 species are dangerous. 



Peppery Lactarius (Dangerous) 



Ladarius piperatus (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 103) 



Cap or Pileus Creamy white, fleshy, firm, depressed in the cen- 

 tre. Dry, never viscid, and uncommonly broad. 3-8 inches 

 in diameter. 



Gills or Lamella Creamy white, narrow, crowded, unequal, 

 forked, decurrent. Exuding a milky juice when bruised. 

 Milk white. 



Stem or Stipe Creamy white, short, thick, solid, rounded at and 

 slightly tapering toward the base. One to two inches. 



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