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Var. maculatus Pileus zonate or spotted and zonate, stem some- 

 times spotted. 



Var. gracilis. Pileus small, i to 2 in. broad, stem equal to or longer 

 than the diameter of the pileus, often tapering upward. 



Pileus 1 to 6 in. broad, stem 1 to 5 in. long, 3 to 10 lines thick, 



Woods and open places Sandlake, Albany and Adirondack moun- 

 tains. July to September. 



A variable species. Some forms of our plant exhibit the characters 

 attributed to the European fungus, others do not; but these forms. all 

 run together in such a way as to leave scarcely a doubt of their specific 

 unity. I have therefore merely distinguished two of these forms as va- 

 rieties. In all the forms the pileus is sometimes zonate, and in one it is 

 spotted, though Fries describes the pileus as "azonate" and the stem 

 as u immaculate." In the variety maculatus a zonate pileus and spotted 

 stem are sometimes united in the same plant. This form occurred in 

 low woods in Gansevoort. The plants were large and the stem long. 

 The variety gracilis was found in woods in Greig, and is so small and 

 slender that it appears like a distinct species, yet exhibits the essential 

 specific characters. The thin pellicle of the pileus is separable and the 

 whitish flesh has a dingy or grayish hue immediately beneath it. The 

 plant is sometimes caespitose. 



Lactarius hysginus, Fr. 



Reddish Lactarius. 

 Agaricus vietus, Krombh. 



Pileus rigid, at first convex, then nearly plane, umbilicate or slightly 

 depressed, even, viscid, zoneless or rarely obscurely zonate, reddish- 

 incarnate, tan-color or broiunish-red, becoming paler with age, the thin 

 margin inflexed ; lamellae close, adnate or subdecurrent, whitish, be- 

 coming yellowish or cream colored : stem equal, glabrous, stuffed or hol- 

 low, colored like the pileus, or a little paler, sometimes spotted ; spores 

 subglobose, whitish on black paper, yellowish on white paper, .00035 t0 

 .0004 in.; milk white, taste acrid. 



Pileus 2 to 3 in. broad, stem 1 to 2 in. long, 4 to 8 lines thick. 



Woods. Sandlake and Caroga. July and August. Not common. 



The reddish hue of the pileus distinguishes this species from its allies. 

 The gluten or viscidity of the pileus in our specimens was rather tena- 

 cious and persistent. 



Lactarius affinis, Peck. 

 Related Lactarius. 

 Pileus convex and centrally depressed, glabrous, viscid, zoneless, 

 ochraceons-yelloiv ; lamellae rather broad, subdistant, whitish or creamy- 

 yellow, some of them forked ; stem equal, glabrous, stuffed or hollow, 

 colored like the pileus, often spotted; spores .00035 to .00045 m «; milk 

 white, taste acrid. 



Pileus 2 to 4 in. broad, stem t to 2 in. long, 6 to 12 lines thick. 

 Pastures and copses. Catskill mountains. October. Rare. 

 I have observed this species but once. Mr. Morgan has found a 

 stout form of it in Vermont. In his specimens the stem is conspicu- 

 ously spotted, in the New York specimens sparingly. The species is 

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