DESCEIPTIONS OF FUNGI. Ill 



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LACTARIUS PIPERATUS= peppery. 

 The Peppery Lactarius. 



Cap white, 4 to 9 inches broad, fleshy, rigid, 

 depressed in centre when young, reflexed mar- 

 gin, at first involute, when full grown the sur- 

 face becomes funnel-shaped and regular, even, 

 smooth, without zones ; flesh white. Stem 1 

 to 2 inches long, 1 to 2 inches thick, solid, 

 obese, equal or obconical, slightly covered with 

 powder (pruinose), white. Gills decurrent, 

 crowded, narrow, scarcely broader than one line, 

 obtuse at edge, regularly dividing by pairs 

 from below upward (dichotomous), curved like 

 a bow (arcuate), then all extended upward in a 

 straight line, white, with occasional yellow 

 spots. The milk white, unchangeable, plenti- 

 ful, and acrid. This is common in woods. The 

 cap in one of our specimens turned yellow when 

 old, and was slightly striate at the margin ; it 

 was dry and thick and had no odor. The flesh 

 had a whitish-brownish tinge where the cuticle 

 was peeled ofi'. Found it only in August. 



