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. volemus^ in 

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

 hygrophoroides B. & C. and L. Calceolus Berk. My reasons for consider- 

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



Lactarius Gerardii Pk. 



Gerard's Lactarius 

 Plate 59 fig. 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 shghtly 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 ^o .00045 ^^' 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, L. lignyotus Fr., in color, 

 but differs from it m 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 tc 

 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 flt sh 

 is firm bat brittle and the flavor not ot a high order. 



Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. 



Cinnabar Chantarelle 



Plate 60 fig. 1-9 



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

 with a wavy or lobed margin, glabrous, cimabarred, flesh white; lamel.ae 

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

 ward, glabrous, solid or stuffed, red; spores elliptic, 0003 to .0004 in 

 long, 00016 to .0002 broad. 



