Leucosporae 



ence only by the juice. Stem 1-2 in. and more long, i in. thick, Lactarius. 

 stuffed then hollow, at length fragile, equal or attenuated at the base, 

 spotted in a pitted manner, of the same color as the piieus or paler. 

 Gills somewhat decurrent, crowded, narrow, arcuate, often branched, 

 typically saffron-yellow, but becoming pale and always becoming green 

 when wounded. Milk aromatic, from the first red-brick-saffron. Fries. 



Spores white, spheroid, echinulate 7-8/x K.; 6/x, W.G.S.; echinulate, 

 9 iox7-8/A Massee; subglobose, 7.6-io/x, Peck. 



In woods, under firs, etc. 



Pileus dingy orange-red becoming pale, often greenish. Every part 

 turns to a homely green when bruised. It is from 3 to 5 in. across, 

 thick, convex, then depressed in center, margin at first curved in. Gills 

 decurrent, narrow, saffron-color. Milk saffron-red or orange changing 

 to green; sweet scented but slightly acrid. I have never seen but one 

 specimen with milk distinctly orange, and changing to green. The 

 milk in this species varies in color, much depending upon moisture. It 

 grows in patches, sometimes in clusters. 



Edible. Curtis. 



There is no question of its edibility. Old and modern writers applaud 

 it. Each cooks to his liking and thinks his own way best. It requires 

 forty minutes' stewing or baking; less time if roasted or fried. It can 

 be cooked in any way, but, like all Lactarii, it must be well cooked. 



L. in'digO Schw. (Plate XLI, fig. 2, p. 160.) Pileus 2-5 in. 

 broad, at first umbilicate with the margin involute, then depressed or 

 infundibuliform, indigo-blue with a silvery-gray luster, zonate, especially 

 on the margin, sometimes spotted, becoming paler and less distinctly 

 zonate with age or in drying. Gills close, indigo-blue, becoming yel- 

 lowish and sometimes greenish with age. Stem 1-2 in. long, 6-10 

 lines thick, short nearly equal, hollow, often spotted with blue, colored 

 like the piieus. Milk dark-blue. 



Dry places, especially under or near pine trees. Not rare but seldom 

 abundant. July to September. Peck, 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores subglobose, 7.6-9/* long Peck. 



West Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Solitary 

 and in groups, in pine and mixed woods. July to September. Mcllvaine. 



The exceptional color of L. indigo will halt anyone with ordinary 

 observing power. It is unnecessary to describe it further. Being a 



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