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or extending down it, with a notch near the stem (adnate or 

 decurrent with a tooth). 



Stem colored like the cap or paler; cylindric or tapering 

 upward; smooth or sometimes hairy at the base; dry; pith} 

 when young, hollow when old; i to 3 inches long. 



Spores white; globular or nearly elliptic, with minute 

 spurs ; 7 to 8 microns in diameter. 



This edible species occurs on the ground in or near woods 

 throughout the Eastern United States and Europe. Murrill. 



Lactarius theiogalus ; sulphur-milk lactarius. Plate XI, 

 Species 77, 



On ground in woods or groves; July to October; "Accord- 

 ing to Gillet it is pronounced edible by some authors, poison- 

 ous by others." Peck. 



Cap fleshy; thin; convex when young, becoming depressed 

 at the center when mature; smooth; sticky when moist; 

 tawny-reddish; 2 to 5 inches broad, exuding milk (see below). 



Gills attached to the stem or extending down it (adnate 

 or decurrent); close together; pallid or reddish. 



Stem pithy (stuffed) or hollow; smooth; colored like the 

 cap; I to 3 inches long. 



Spores yellowish, inclining to pale flesh-color; nearly globu- 

 lar; .0003 to .00035 inch in diameter. 



Milk white, changing to sulphur-yellow after exposure to 

 the air; taste tardily acrid; bitterish. 



Lactarius vellereus; fleecy lactarius. Plate XI, Species 78. 



On ground in woods and open places; July to September; 

 *"' Cardier states that it is poisonous according to some authors, 

 edible according to Leveille." Peck. 



Cap convex when young and with a pit at the center 

 (umbilicate), later expanded and depressed at the center t>r 

 slightly funnel-shaped; compact; the whole surface covered 

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