REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST, 1 898 679 



The cap is i to 4 in. broad ; the stem is usually about i in. long, 4 to 8 

 lines thick. It is found in thin woods, bushy places and pastures from 

 July to September. It is similar to the orange Lactarius, Z. vohnuis^ in 

 its edible qualities. It has several features in common with Lactarius 

 hygrophoroides B. & C. and Z. Calceohis Berk. My reasons for consider- 

 ing it distinct are given in a preceding part of this report. 



Lactarius Gerardii Pk. 



Gerard's Lactarius • 

 Plate $() Jig. 12 to 16 



Pileus broadly convex or nearly plane, sometimes slightly depressed 

 and rugosely wrinkled, sooty brown, flesh white, taste mild ; lamellae 

 rather broad, distant, adnate or slightly decurrent, white or whitish with 

 venose interspaces, milk white, mild; stem short, equal or tapering 

 downward, stuffed or hollow, colored like the pileus ; spores globose, 

 .00035 t^ .00045 in. broad. 



This Lactarius closely resembles the preceding in size and shape, but 

 it differs decidedly in the color of its cap and stem, and in having the 

 latter hollow. It resembles the sooty Lactarius, Z. liguyoUis Fr., in color, 

 but differs from it in having the stem short, the gills wide apart and 

 wounds not changing color. In some specimens the center of the cap 

 is furnished with a small umbo or papilla and the surface is wrinkled. 

 It also has an unpolished appearance caused by a pruinosity similar to 

 that of the preceding species but of a sooty brown color. The margin is 

 thin and often wavy or somewhat lobed. The gills are so nearly like 

 those of the preceding species that they need no further description. 

 The plants grow in woods and open places from July to September. In 

 flavor and edibility the species is very similar to the distant-gilled Lac- 

 tarius. In nearly all the species of this genus that I have tried, the flesh 

 is firm but brittle and the flavor not of a high order. 



Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. 

 Cinnabar Chantarelle 

 Plate (io fig. r-9 

 Pileus firm, convex or slightly depressed in the center, often irregular 

 with a wavy or lobed margin, glabrous, cinnabar red, flesh white; lamellae 

 narrow, distant, branched, decurrent, red; stem equal or tapering down- 

 ward, glabrous, soHd or stuffed, red; spores elhptic, .0003 to .0004 in. 

 long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 



