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yellowish ; stipe nearly equal, short, lirm, solid, smooth or 

 pruinose, concolorous ; iiesh wliitish ; milk abundant, white, 

 not acrid. 



Height 2-4', breadth of pileus 2-4', stipe about 6" thick. 



Common. July -September. Edible. 



6. Lactarius distat^s n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex or expanded, centrally depressed, 

 pruinose-tomentose, yellowish-tawny, sometimes rugulose- 

 wrinkled ; lamellae distant, subarcuate, connected by veins, 

 white or yellowish ; stipe very short, solid, firm, equal or 

 tapering downward, pruinose, subconcolorous ; flesh and milk 

 white, mild. 



Height l'-2', breadth of pileus 2'- 4'. 



Grassy ground. Albany. July. 



The pileus is sometimes irregular and eccentric, and the 

 cuticle often cracks into areas. The stipe scarcely exceeds 

 one inch in length. Allied to L. liygrophoroides, of which it 

 may possibly prove to be a large variety. 



7. Lactarius camphoratus Bull. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, then expanded or depressed, 

 smooth, with a very small umbo or papilla, dark bay or 

 brownish-red ; lamellse rather narrow, close, a little paler than 

 the pileus, sometimes tinged with j^ellow ; stipe nearly equal, 

 smooth, subconcolorous, stuflTed above, hollow below, flesh 

 tinged with dull red ; milk white, mild. 



Height 2'- 3', breadth of pileus 8"- 18", stipe 2"- 4" thick. 



Swamps. Sandlake. August. 



I have not seen specimens with the pileus zonate. The dried 



specimens emit an agreeable odor, like that of Cy%)eriis in- 



Jiexus. In size and shape it is like L. subdulcis, from which it 



is distinct by its mild taste and darker color. Its color is like 



that of L. riifus, but that species is larger and intensely acrid. 



8. Lactarius subdulcis Bull. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, plane or depressed, smooth, with a very 

 small umbo or papilla, pale ochraceous-red, tinged with flesh- 

 color ; lamellae close, more narrow toward the stipe, whitish, 

 tinged with red or flesh-color ; stipe nearly equal, rather 

 slender, smooth, stuffed or hollow, concolorous, villous at the 

 base ; flesh whitish ; milk white. 



Height 2'- 3', breadth of pileus 8"- 15", stipe 2"- 3" thick. 



Swamps and wet places in woods and flelds. 



