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with buff, and often has white cottomy mycelium at 

 the base of the stem. 



Clitocybe ochropurpurea grows in grassy woods and 

 open places. 



Clitocybe laccata var. pallidifolia Pk. is a very vari- 

 able species. 



In the genus Hygrophorus the gills become waxy 

 with age ; it has some very pretty bright colored species. 

 We have identified Hygrophorus miniatus and Hygro- 

 phorus cantharellus. 



The Lactarii form a very abundant and interesting 

 genus. They are distinguished by having a milky 

 juice. The gills are more or less decurrent, that is, 

 they run down the stem when the plant is full grown, 

 giving it a funnel shape. The spores are globose with 

 a roughened surface. 



Lactarius piperatus is white with abundant white 

 milk, which is very acrid but does not change color. 



Lactarius deliciosus is orange yellow, with zones of a 

 darker color or shade on the cap. Milk bright orange, 

 the gills and broken flesh turn green. It is eaten 

 wherever it is known. Most writers claim that it is 

 delicious, but we have not found it so. 



Lactarius affinis and Lactarius theiogalis we also 

 find*; the latter has white milk which turns to sulphur 

 yellow upon exposure to the air. 



There are a great many more that we know as 

 Lactarii but their specific names have as yet baffled us. 



Closely allied to these are the Kussulas, which, 

 however, are destitute of the milky juice. Of these 

 we find Russula alutacea, heterophylla, aurata, 

 virescens, brevipes and emetica. 



They are all rather fragile, and except the emetica, 

 have a pleasant nutty taste when raw, and are really 

 delicious when cooked. They appear at various times 

 throughout the summer, but seldom in sufficient 

 abundance at one time to make a dish, except the 

 aurata, which grows in the woods and has a golden 

 pileus and white or cream colored gills. Care must be 

 taken not to mistake for it an Amanita muscaria that 

 has lost the patches from its cap. 



