Leucosporae 



Damp or mossy ground in woods and swamps. July and August. Lactarius. 



At once known by the peculiar dark-red or purplish hue of the milk, 

 which color also appears in the spots of the stem and in a more subdued 

 tone in the whole plant. The color of the pileus, gills and stem is 

 modified by grayish and yellowish hues. In age and dryness the zones 

 are less clear, and dried specimens can scarcely be distinguished from 

 L. deliciosus. Peck, 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



I have not seen this species. 



III. RUSSULARIA. 

 * VlSClDl. Pileus viscid. 



L. pal'lidus Fr. pale. Pileus 3-6 in. broad, flesh-color or clay- 

 color to pallid, somewhat tan, fleshy, umbilicato-convex, depressed, 

 obtuse, margin broadly and for a long time involute, smooth, gluey, 

 zoneless. Flesh pallid. Stem 2 in. and more long, about X in. thick, 

 somewhat equal, stuffed then hollow, even, smooth, of the same color 

 as the pileus. Gills somewhat decurrent, arcuate, rather broad, i> 2 

 lines and more; somewhat thin, crowded, somewhat branched, whitish 

 at length of the same color as the pileus. Milk white, unchangeable. 

 Fries. 



Taste somewhat mild. Stature that of L. deliciosus, but more lax in 

 texture and always pallid. There is a variety with the pileus inclining 

 to dingy-brown. Stevenson. 



Mixed woods. September to October. 



Spores echinulate, almost round, 8/u. W. G.S.; J\ IP- Coo^e/giox^-Sp- 

 Massee. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis; Massachusetts, Frost; Minnesota, 

 Johnson; Rhode Island, Bennett. 



Edible. Cooke. 



L. quie'tus Fr. calm, mild. Pileus 3 in. broad, fleshy, depressed, 

 obtuse, margin deflexed, smooth, at first viscid, somewhat cinnamon, 

 flesh-color, disk darker, somewhat zoned, soon dry, somewhat silky, 

 opaque, becoming pale. Flesh white then reddish. Stem 2-3 in. long, 

 K in. and more thick, stuffed, spongy, smooth, reddish, at length 

 beautifully rust-color. Gills adnato-decurrent, somewhat forked at the 



173 



