Fungi with Gills 
GENUS GOMPHIDIUS 
This genus has black spores. The lamellz are waxy, and 
grow downward on the stem. 
GENUS PSATHYRELLA 
The members of this genus are fleshy fungi, with black 
spores. They have no annulus, and the lamellae are not waxy 
or decurrent. The cap is striate, and the stem has a hard, 
tough rind. 
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GENUS PAN/EZOLUS 
There are six or more species of this genus in America. 
They have black ovoid spores, a cap smooth and not striate, a 
fleshy stem. 
GENUS LACTARIUS 
A milky or coloured juice exuding frorn the broken gills of a 
fungus marks it as a Lactarius. The species are mostly stout 
and fleshy, the cap resembling an inverted cone; the gills are 
more or less decurrent, and the stem short and stout. Many of 
the species have a hot, acrid taste, and some have zones of colour 
on the surface of the cap. The spores are white or yellow. The 
juice exuded may be white or orange or blue. 
Peppery Lactarius (Edible) 
Lactarius piperatus 
Cap or Pileus—Creamy white, fleshy, firm, depressed in the cen- 
tre. Dry, never viscid, and uncommonly broad. 3-12 inches 
in diameter. 
Gills or og eos white, narrow, crowded, unequal, 
forked, decurrent. Exuding a milky juice when bruised. 
Milk white. 
Stem or Stipe—Creamy white, short, thick, solid, rounded at and 
slightly tapering toward the base. 
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Lac-ta’-ri-tis Pip-ér-a'-ttis 
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