GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



Fig. 24A. — Species No. 80. — Lentinus cochleatus. Cap 

 brownish-flesh color when moist ; paler when dry. 



Description on page 212. 



is quite as good raw as it is cooked, but to me it often has 

 a slightly acrid or astringent flavor in the raw state. My 

 own experience with it would scarcely lead me to class it as 

 more than an ordinarily good mushroom. Perhaps it might 

 be improved by better cooking than I was able to give it. 



There are two or three species somewhat similar to the 

 orange-brown mushroom in color, but none of them are 

 hiirtful. We are'sometimes cautioned against mistaking the 

 red lactarius for it. This is reported by Fries as very poison- 

 ous. I have found this on the high summits of the Catskills 

 and in the cold mossy swamps and woods of the Adirondack 

 region, but never in company with the orange-brown lac- 

 tarius. It is easily distinguished by its more red color, 

 its smaller size, and especially by its exceedingly acrid, 



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