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(Plate CXCIV.) 



clouded with a reddish or a brownish tinge especially on the disk. Stem 

 solid, more or less curved or crooked, tapering downward, yellowish- 

 white; the apex scabrous with scaly points. Lamellae unequally ad- 

 nate-decurrent, distant, white. Spores pellucid, elliptic, apiculate, 

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Growing in rich soil among the leaves in hilly woods. Pileus 24 in. 

 broad, stipe 2-4 in. long and % an inch thick. This is a much larger 

 plant than H. eburneus, has a wash of red or brown upon the disk, and is 

 covered with a thick gluten. It is more like H '. cossus, but has no odor. 



Edible. Peck 



Lactarius distans Pk. Rep., 1872: 117. Distant-gilled Lactarius. 

 Pileus firm, broadly convex or nearly plane, umbilicate or slightly de- 

 pressed in the center, with a minute velvety pruinosity, yellowish tawny 



or brownish orange. Lamellae rather 

 broad, distant, adnate or slightly de- 

 current, white or creamy yellow, the 

 interspaces venose, milk white, mild. 

 Stem short, equal or tapering down- 

 ward, solid, pruinose, colored like 

 the pileus. Spores subglobose. g-np- 

 broad. 



The distant-gilled Lactarius is sim- 

 ilar to the orange Lactarius in color, 

 but in other respects it is quite dis- 

 tinct. The short stem, widely sepa- 

 rated gills and pruinose surface of the 

 cap are distinctive features. The cap 

 is broadly convex and often has a 

 small central depression or umbilicus. 

 In some cases it becomes nearly plane 

 or even slightly funnel-shape by the 



spreading or elevation of the margin. The surface, specially in young 

 and in well-developed specimens, has a soft pruinose or almost velvety 

 appearance to the naked eye, and when viewed through a magnifying 

 glass it is seen to be covered with minute persistent granules. The sur- 

 face is sometimes wrinkled and frequently it cracks in such a way as to 

 form small angular or irregular areas. The color is a peculiar one, vary- 



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