112 MUSHROOMS. 



White. 



LACTARIUS VELLEREUS = fleece. 

 The Fleecy Lactarius. 



Cap white, 5 to 7 inches broad, fleshy, com- 

 pact, convex, saucer-shaped, the margin for a 

 long time sloping downward, with short, downy 

 hairs (pubescent), dry, zoneless. Stem 2 to 

 3 inches long, 1 to 1^ inch thick, stout, solid, 

 equal, covered with innate, thin pubescence. 

 Gills arcuate, adnato-decurrent, rather thick, 

 acute at the edge, somewhat distant, rather 

 broad, connected by branches, pallid, watery, 

 white. Milk scanty, white, very bitter. It is 

 not said to be edible. The cap tends to be- 

 come a pallid, reddish tan. This description is 

 partially taken from Stevenson. The specimen 

 we found had the margin revolute, it was 2j^ 

 inches broad, and the stem 2 inches long. The 

 flesh was white and the cap was turning a 

 brownish color. The stem slightly tapered 

 toward the base. The milk was scanty and 

 peppery. Found in the beginning of August 

 in the woods. It resembles L. piperatus. 



