Agaricaceae 



Lactarius. I have been familiar with and eaten this plant since 1882, but thought 

 it might be a variety of L. deliciosus, with light-colored milk. 

 L. mutabilis is an excellent species, equal to any Lactarius. 



L. camphora'tus Fr. camphor. Pileus 1-2 in. across, 

 red, somewhat zoned, sometimes zoneless, fleshy, thin, depressed, dry, 

 smooth. Stem short, 1-2 in., stuffed, somewhat undulated, of the same 

 color as the pileus. Gills adnate, crowded, yellowish-brick-color. Milk 

 mild, white, odor agreeable, spicy. Fries. 



Strong smelling. So like L. subdulcis that it can be distinguished 

 safely only by its odor of melilot when dried. Stevenson. 



Pileus .5-1.5 in. broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, 2-3 lines. Peck, 38th 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores spherical, echinulate, 6-7/1* Q. ; subglobose, 8-9/t Massee ; 

 7.6-9/A Peck. 



Taste and smell not of camphor, but of melilot. 



North Carolina, Curtis; South Carolina, Ravenel; Wisconsin, Bundy; 

 New York, Peck, Rep. 23, Mon. 38th Rep. 



West Virginia, Pennsylvania, July to October, in moist places. Mixed 

 woods, etc. Mcllvaine. 



Edible. Gillet. 



Its mild taste distinguishes it at once from L. rufus. 



It has high but pleasant flavor. If the flavor is too evident to suit 

 some tastes, it is well to mix milder species with it. 



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