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(Plate CXCV.) 



mg somewhat in shade, but with tawny hues prevailing. It has been 

 described as yellowish tawny, and brownish orange. The flesh is white 

 or whitish and has a mild taste. 



The gills are wide apart, somewhat arched in specimens having a con- 

 vex cap and slightly decurrent in those with fully expanded or centrally 

 depressed caps. Their color is white or creamy yellow and in old and 

 dried specimens they have a white pruinosity as if frosted by the spores. 

 The milk is white and mild. 



The stem is short, rarely more than an inch long, and is cylindric or 

 tapering downward. It is solid and colored and clothed like the cap. 



The cap is I to 4 in. broad; the stem is usually about I in. long, 4 

 to 8 lines thick. It is found in thin woods, bushy places and pastures 

 from July to September. It is similar to the orange Lactarius, L. vol- 

 emus, in its edible qualities. Peck, Rep. 1878: 678. 



Lactarius subpurpureus Pk. Rep., 1875: 43. In his report of 

 1900, page 176, Prof. Peck redescribes the species and adds interesting 

 notes concerning its forms and color. 

 Remarking upon its relationship, habitat 

 and edibility, he says: "This lactarius 

 is distinguished from all our other spe- 

 cies by the dark red milk that issues 

 from wounds of the flesh or gills. It 

 belongs to the same group of species as 

 L. deliciosus, L. indigo and L. cJieli- 

 doninm. It is also allied to the Euro- 

 pean L. sanguifluus. The plants grow 

 in woods and swamps among mosses and 

 fallen leaves, and occur from July to 

 October. When fresh their taste is 

 slightly acrid, but when they are cooked 

 it is scarcely inferior to that of L . delici- 

 osus. Peck. 



I had not seen this species when the 

 first edition of this work went to press, 

 consequently could not report its edible 



qualities. The favorable testing by Professor Peck 'adds weight to the 

 opinion I have frequently expressed, that acridity of species when 



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