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minutely squamulose tomentose, gray or brownish-gray, becoming paler 

 with age; lamellae thin, close, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish or 

 yellowish; stem slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, rather fragile, 

 stuffed or hollow, generally villose 01 tomentose at the base, paler than 

 or colored like the pileus, spores .0003 to .00035 m *» milk white, taste 

 subacrid. 



Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad, stem 1 to 2 in. long, 1 to 3 lines thick. 



Woods and swamps on much decayed wood and mossy ground. 

 Common. July to September. 



The relationship of this species is with L. mammosus Fi\, from 

 which it differs in its lamellae, which do not become ferruginous, and in 

 its stem which is not pubescent, though it generally has long coarse tom- 

 entose hairs at its base. Its habitat also is peculiar, being much 

 decayed mossy prostrate trunks or damp mossy vegetable mold in woods 

 and swamps. It bears some resemblance to L. cxnereus in form and 

 color, but it is generally smaller, and easily distinguished by its dry 

 tomentulose pileus. 



Lactarius glyciosmus, 



Fragrant Lactarius. Scented Lactarius. 



Pileus thin, convex nearly plane or depressed, often with a small 

 umbo or papilla, minutely squamulose, cinereous, grayish -brown or 

 smoky-brown, sometimes tinged with pink, the margin even or slightly 

 and distinctly striate ; lamellae narrow, close, adnate or decurrent, 

 whitish or yellowish ; stem equal, glabrous or obsoletely pubescent, 

 stuffed, rarely hollow, whitish or colored like the pileus; spores .0003 to 

 .00035 m -» milk white, taste acrid and unpleasant, sometimes bitterish, 

 odor aromatic. 



Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad, stem 6 to 18 lines long, 1 to 3 lines thick. 



Woods and open places on the ground and on decaying wood 

 Adirondack mountains, West Albany and Karner. September and 

 October. 



The distinctive characters of the species are its small size, squamulose 

 pileus and agreeable odor. This is described by European authors as 

 spirituous or like that of alcohol, but to me it resembles rather that 

 of dry melilot and is not much unlike that of L. camphor atus. The 

 American plant, so far as observed, does not have the red hues ascribed 

 to the European. 



Lactarius alpinus, Peck. 



Alpine Lactarius. 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, sometimes centrally depressed, 

 occasionally with a small umbo or papilla, tomentose or squamulose, 

 tawny-ochraceous; lamellae close, adnate or decurrent, yellowish ; stem 

 equal or slightly tapering upward, glabrous, solid or stuffed, paler than 

 or colored like the pileus ; spores .0003 to .00035 m# i milk white, taste 

 acrid. 



Pileus 8 to 18 lines broad, stem 12 to 18 lines long, 2 to 3 lines thick 



Summit ot Haystack mountain and Karner. August. Rare. 



Apparently allied to L. helvus Fr , but so much smaller that I can 

 scarcely think it the same species and have for the present kept it dis- 

 tinct. The plants resemble L. subdulcis in size and somewhat in color, 



