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LACTARIAE ОЕ THE UNITED STATES 63 
** Pileus 5-15 cm. broad. 
Latex mild. 
Pileus dark-red to reddish-cinnamon. 34. Lactaria quieta. 
Pileus pale leather-colored. Lactaria pallida. * 
34. ГАСТАВТА QUIETA Fr. Epicr. 343. 1838. [As Lactarius.]— 
Schrót. in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3: 537. 1889 
Agaricus quietus Fr. Syst. Myc. 1: 69. 1821. 
Pileus fleshy, rather thick, depressed in the center, dark-red to 
reddish-cinnamon, fading, obscurely zonate, viscid at first, soon dry, 
glabrous, 5-8 cm. broad, margin arched, even ; gills white, becom- 
ing pale brick-red, sometimes forking near the stem, close, adnate 
to decurrent, 3-4 mm. broad; stem colored like the pileus, at 
length rubiginous, equal, glabrous, smooth, stuffed, at length hol- 
low, 5-8 cm. long, up to 15 mm. thick; flesh white, becoming 
tinged with fulvous where broken, odor slight but disagreeable ; 
spores white, echinulate, 8-тои x 6-7 p; latex white, unchanging, 
mild. Ва. 
Нав.: In deciduous woods. 
Distris.: New York, Peck. 
Плозт.: Cooke, Br. Fungi, ai 983. 
DISTINGUISHING FIELD-MARKS: This species may be distin- 
guished from the other dark-red or fulvous-colored species in this 
group by the thicker pileus and stouter stem, and the faint zona- 
tion. The viscidity soon disappears, and Romell says: “I have 
never found this plant viscid.” 
35. LacraRIA NITIDA Burl. Bull. Torrey Club 34: 89. 1907. 
[As Lactarius] 
Pileus fleshy, rather thin, convex, then depressed in the center, 
umbonate, mahogany-red (335) more golden-red toward the mar- 
gin, umbo persistently dark, otherwise fading when dry, shining- 
viscid when wet, glabrous, smooth, 3 cm. broad, margin remaining 
arched for some time, even; gills yellowish, becoming pruinose, some- 
times forking, close, slightly decurrent, broad; stem mahogany-red, 
equal or sometimes ventricose when growing in wet places, stuffed, 
becoming hollow, 4.5-5 cm. long, 5-8 mm. thick ; flesh faintly 
buff, turning a little reddish where cut; spores white, echinulate, 
5-6 p. x 6-8 p ; latex white, unchanging, mild. 
Нав.: In grassy sheep pasture near hemlocks and in moist 
woods, September. 
* European, occurrence in United States doubtful. 
