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Lactarius camphoratus, Fr. 



Camphor Lactarius. 

 Agaricus camphoratus, Bull. 



Pileus thin, convex, then nearly plane or depressed, generally with a 

 small umbo or papilla, glabrous, bay-red or brownish-red, sometimes 

 zonate, the spreading margin occasionally wav-y or flexuous ; lamellae 

 narrow, thin, close, yellowish or dull reddish ; stem subequal, glabrous, 

 stuffed or hollow, colored like the pileus ; spores globose, white, .0003 

 to .00035 in.; milk white, taste mild, odor agreeable, aromatic. 



Pileus .5 to 1.5 in. broad, stem i to 2 in. long, 2 to 3 lines thick. 



Swamps and wet places, also in woods. Sandlake and Adirondack 

 mountains. July to September 



This plant resembles the preceding species in color, but it differs 

 from it decidedly in size and in taste. The European plant is de- 

 scribed as subzonate, but I have seen no zonate specimens. The color 

 of the lamellae, when old, resembles that of the pileus, though they are 

 paler. The odor is not like that of camphor, as the name would seem 

 to imply. To me it resembles that of dried Cyperus inflexiis or dried 

 melilot. It is often weak in the fresh plant, but becomes more distinct 

 in the dried sp'ecimens, which retain it a long time. Gillet gives the 

 species as edible. 



Lactarius subdulcis, Fr. 



Sweet Lactarius. kSweetish Lactarius. 

 Agaricus subdulcis, Bull. 



Pileus thin, convex, then plane or subinfundibuliform, with or with- 

 out a small umbo or papilla, glabrous, even, zoneless, moist or dry, 

 tawny-red, cinnamon-red or brownish-red, the margin sometimes wavy or 

 flexuous ; lamellae rather narrow, thin, close, whitish, sometimes tinged 

 with red ; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, slender, glabrous, 

 sometimes villous at the base, stuffed or hollow, paler than or colored 

 like the pileus , spores globose, white, .0003 to .00035 i'^-! J^iilk white, 

 taste mild or tardily and slightly acrid, sometimes woody or bitterish and 

 unpleasant, flesh whitish, pmkish or reddish-gray, odor none. 



Pileus .5 to 2 in. broad, stem i to 2.5 in long i to 3 lines thick. 



Fields, copses, woods, swamps and wet places. July to October. 

 Very common. "* 



This species grows in almost every variety of soil and locality. It 

 may be found in showery weather on dry, rocky soil, on bare ground or 

 among mosses or fallen leaves. In drier weather it is still plentiful in 

 swamps and wet, shaded places, and in sphagnous marshes. It some- 

 times grows on decaying -vood. It is also as variable as it is common. 

 Gillet has described the following varieties. 



Var. cinnamomeiis. Pileus cinnamon-red^ subshining ; stem stuffed, 

 then hollow ; taste mild, becoming slightly acrid or bitter. 



Var. rufus. Pileus dull chestnut-red, becoming more concave ; stem 

 spongy ; taste mild. 



Var. badius. Pileus bay-red, shining as if varnished, with an obtuse 

 disk and an inflexed, elegentJy crenulate margin , stem very glabrous, 

 hollow. 



