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37. LACTARIA MINUSCULA Burl. Bull. Torrey Club 34: 88. 1907. 
[As Lactarius | 
Pileus fleshy, thin, broadly convex, with a small umbo, becom- 
ing plane then somewhat depressed in the center, fulvous in the 
center, cinnamon (323. 4. 1) toward the still paler margin, azonate, 
viscid in wet weather, sometimes shining with viscidity, glabrous, 
1-3 cm. broad, margin minutely crenate sometimes sulcate, often 
slightly wavy, pruinose at first; gills whitish, seldom forking, 
dow adnate or decurrent by a tootit, broad бог the thickness ep 
the pileus ; - stem fulvous near the base but paler toward the pileus, 
FIGURE 9.  Lactaria minuscula Burl. FIGURE 10. Lactaria minuscula Burl. 
No. 56, 1907. Aa, 56, 1907. 
equal, glabrous, sometimes ок, at the eg when growing 
in moss, stuffed, becoming hollow, 2.5-4.5 long, 3-4 mm 
thick ; flesh isabelline-white ; spores pictas ылоо, slightly 
echinulate, 6-8 м; latex white, unchanging, acrid. (FIGURES 
9, 10). 
Has.: In moist woods, in moss ог on decayed wood, under 
yellow birches, black gum, and black oak. July and August. 
Distris: New York, Peck; Vermont, 500 meters, Burling- 
лат; North Carolina, 1,000 meters, Burlingham 56, 1907. 
DISTINGUISHING FIELD-MARKS: This species differs from all 
others in this group in its small size, crenate margin, and more 
acrid latex. It may be distinguished from Г. subdulcis by its 
viscid pileus, and by being expallent. It is frequently solitary. 
