No. 15.] HYMENIALES OF CONNECTICUT. 



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14. Cap 3 to 6 inches broad, flesh-colored or clay- 



y colored L. pallidus 



Cap i^ to 2^ inches broad, smoky brown L. fumosus 



15. Cap downy 16 



Cap smooth ig 



16. Cap gray; gills white, tinged with yellow; milk 



slightly acrid L. griseus 



Cap not gray 17 



17. Gills white, changing to salmon where wounded L. lignyotus 

 Gills not changing to salmon where wounded 18 



18. Cap 3 to 5 inches broad, dark red-brown L. cornigis 



Cap 2 to 3 inches broad, buff -colored L. luteolns 



19. Gills narrow, close, white, tinged with red . .. 20 



Gills distant, white or cream-colored ; stem ^ to i 



inch long, solid L. hygrophoroides 



20. Cap ^ to 2 inches broad; milk scanty L. subdiilcis 



Cap 2 to 5 inches broad ; milk copious L. volemus 



21. Stem spotted in a pitted manner; milk^ellow, chang- 



ing to brick-red • L. deliciosus 



Stem not spotted 22 



22. Milk saffron-yellow L. chelidonium 



Milk not yellow 23 



23. Milk dark red; cap the same color L. siibpurpureus 



Milk dark blue ; cap indigo-blue L. indigo 



RUSSULA Pers. 



Plants with a strong fetid odor i 



Plants without fetid odor 2 



1. Cap 3 to 5 inches broad; gills exuding watery 



drops R- foetens 



Cap I to 3 inches broad; gills not e.xuding watery 

 drops ^- pectimla 



2. Gills forked 3 



Gills not distinctly forked 7 



3. Cap green or yellow-green; taste tardily acrid; gills 



white •* 



Cap red or rust-colored 5 



4. Stem solid, firm; gills frequently forked R. ftircata 



Stem spongy; gills once or twice forked. . .R. acnigincsccns 



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