Agaricaceae 



Lactarius. pepper itself . Simply because they are toadstools and hot, they have 

 been condemned without trial. It is remarkable that not one of the 

 fungi known to be deadly gives any warning by appearance or flavor of 

 the presence of a poison. The day will probably come when it can be 

 said that if toadstool eaters will confine themselves to hot species, other- 

 wise attractive, they will run no risk. Panus stypticus is astringent, 

 not hot. 



ANALYSIS OF TRIBES. 



PlPERITES (peppery, after piperitis, pepperwort). Page 163. 



Stem central. Gills unchangeable, not pruinose nor becoming dis- 

 colored. Milk white at first, usually acrid. 



* TRICHOLOMOIDEI inclining to Tricholoma. Pileus moist, viscid, 

 margin incurved and downy at first. 



** LlMACINl Umax, a slug. Pileus viscid when moist, with a pel- 

 licle, margin naked. 



*** PIPERATI. Pileus without a pellicle, hence absolutely dry, often 

 more or less downy or unpolished. 



DAPETES (daps, a feast). Page 170. 

 Stem central. Gills naked. Milk highly colored from the first. 



RUSSULARIA (inclining to Russula). Page 173. 



Stem central. Gills pallid then discolored, at length dark and pow- 

 dered with the white spores. Milk at first white, mild, or from mild 

 becoming acrid. 



* VlSClDI viscidus, viscid, sticky. Pileus viscid at first. 



** IMPOLITI impolitus, unpolished. Pileus squamulose, downy or 

 pruinose. 



*** GLABRATI glaber, smooth. Pileus polished, smooth. 



PLEUROPUS (pleura, side; pous, a foot). 



Stem excentric or lateral. Growing on trunks. None known to be 

 edible. 



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