Leucosporee 



bose or broadly elliptical, nearly smooth, 9-11.3^. Milk white, taste Lactarius. 

 mild. 



Grassy ground and borders of woods. Albany, Greenbush and Sand- 

 lake. July and August. 



This plant has almost exactly the color of L. volemus, but differs 

 from it in its distant gills, short stem, less copious milk and less globose 

 spores. Its flesh is white, with a thickness about equal to the breadth 

 of the gills. It is probably edible, but has not yet been tested. The 

 typical L. hygrophoroides is described as having the pileus yellowish- 

 red and pulverulent, and the gills luteous. It is also represented as a 

 small plant; but our specimens, while not fully agreeing with this de- 

 scription, approach so closely to it in some of their forms that they 

 doubtless belong to the same species. We have therefore extended the 

 description so that it may include our plant. In wet weather the pileus 

 sometimes becomes funnel-form by the elevation of the margin. Peck, 

 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Mt. Gretna, Pa., 1897, grassy grounds and borders of woods. 

 Mixed, moist woods and grassy borders. July to September. Me- 

 Ilvaine. 



Pileus up to 4 in. across. Stem 1-2 % in., tapering, equal or taper- 

 ing downward. When growing in woods the stem is longer than when 

 growing on borders. 



Its edible qualities are excellent. 



L. mitis'simus Fr. mitis, mild. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, golden-tawny, 

 zoneless, fleshy, thin, somewhat rigid, convex, papillate, depressed, 

 papilla vanishing, even, smooth, somewhat slippery when moist. Flesh 

 pallid. Stem elongated, 1-3 in. long, K / in. thick, stuffed, then 

 hollow, even, smooth, of the same color as the pileus. Gills adnato- 

 decurrent, somewhat arcuate, then tense and straight, i-i % lines and 

 more broad, thin, crowded, a little paler than the pileus, most frequently 

 stained with minute red spots. Milk white, mild, plentiful. 



Thin; very much allied to L. subdulcis, but distinguished by the 

 taste being mild, then somewhat bitterish, and especially by the bright, 

 golden-tawny, resplendent color of the pileus and stem. Fries. 



In mixed and pine woods. August to November. Stevenson. 



Spores 6-8x5-6)". Massee; IO/A Cooke; spheroid, echinulate, 6-7/4 

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