l6 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



1. ■Milk white at first, usually acrid from the first 2 



Milk white at first, mild, or changing from mild to acrid 8 



Milk highly colored from the first 21 



2. Cap viscid, margin incurved 3 



Cap not viscid 5 



3.' Cap dingy, green-gray; surface often zoned with 



darker blotches L. blennius 



Cap with no tinge of green 4 



4. Gills yellow or pink ; cap tinged with red, surface 



often zoned L. torminosus 



Gills white; cap yellow or pink, zoneless L. triv^ialis 



5. Milk white, soon changing to sulphur-yellow L. chrysorrheus 

 Milk permanently white 6 



6. Stem solid 7 



Stem stuflfed with fibers; gills squarely joined to the 



stem, very narrow, crowded L. pergamenus 



7. Gills broad, distant ; margin of cap or whole surface 



densely clothed with velvety tomentum 8 



Gills narrow, decurrent ; surface of cap smooth ; milk 

 very acrid L. piperatus 



8. Whole surface of cap minutely velvety-tomentose ; soft 



to the touch, 2 to 5 inches broad L. vellerens 



Surface of cap smooth, margin inrolled and covered 



with tomentum, 3 to 5 inches broad L. deceptivus 



Surface of cap smooth, margin inrolled, extreme edge 



minutely silky, i to 2 inches broad L. involutus 



9. Flesh having a strong, pleasant odor, especially when 



dry L. camphoratns 



Flesh odorless, or with a slight fragrance 10 



10. Cap viscid ii 



Cap not viscid 15 



11. Milk changing to sulphur-yfllow L. theio gains 



Alilk permanently white 12 



12. Gills white, soon changing to brick-red or salmon 13 



Gills not changing to red 14 



13. Cap cinnamon-colored ; milk sweet L. quietus 



Cap ashy or buff -gray ; milk becoming somewhat 



acrid L. fuliginosus 



