62 LACTARIAE OF THE UNITED STATES 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex-umbilicate, becoming plane to infun- | 
dibuliform, indigo-blue when wet, fading when drier, often with a | 
grayish luster, zonate, sometimes spotted, 5—12 mm. broad, margin 
naked; gills indigo-blue or paler, at length yellowish or sometimes | 
tinged with green, some forking near the stem, close, somewhat | 
decurrent, rather broad ; stem of the same color аз Ше pileus, often ` 
spotted, nearly equal, glabrous, smooth, firm, becoming hollow, 
up to 5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick; flesh sky-blue to darker, often | 
becoming greenish; spores yellowish, globular to broadly ellip- 
tical, echinulate, 7 м x 8-0.5 м; latex dark-blue. Edible. 
Has.: In dry pine or oak woods. July to October (and - 
November in Florida). 
Півтків.: New York, Peck; Connecticut, Underwood, Han- | 
те’; Vermont, Jones ; Maryland, Banning ; Virginia, Murrill; | | 
North Carolina, Schweinitz ; South Carolina, Ravenel ; Alabama, ` | 
Underwood; Georgia, Harper; District of Columbia, Murrill 
1522; Florida, Fawcett. It has also been reported from Pennsyl- ; 
vania by Herbst. ” 
Плозт.: Atkinson, Stud. Am. Fungi, ai 35. f. 3; Banning, | 
Folio Md. Fungi, ai 82 (excellent); McIlvaine p/. ут. f. 2. 
DISTINGUISHING FIELD-MARKS: The more or less indigo color 
or tint which characterizes the entire plant. 
X. QuiETAE 1 
Pileus covered with a thin viscidity when moist, soon dry, su. 
entire, glabrous, and margin naked, flesh more lax and the e : 
usually smaller than in Limacina ; gills becoming decidedly GC 2 
with age, and dusted with the spores; latex mild or only slighty | 
acrid, 
In these plants the viscidity disappears so quickly that it may ; 
not be noticed in dry weather unless the mushrooms are collected | 
in the morning while covered with dew. 
Synopsis of species 
* Pileus 2-4 cm. broad. 
Latex mild. 
Pileus mahogany-red, shining-viscid when moist, 35. Lactaria nitida. | 
Pileus fulvous, fading, papilla persisting dark, 36. Lactaria we ШШ 
Pileus brownish-drab to yellowish-brown, fading. 38. Lactaria paludinetti i 
Latex acrid. 
ET RES 
Pileus fulvous, margin crenate to sulcate. 37. Lactaria minuscule. 
