PLAXTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Hygrophorus marginatus Pk. 



Damp or mossy ground in woods or their borders. Ray brook. 

 August. Generally but tew specimens occur in a place. The plants are 

 very fragile and often irregular or split on the margin, but the colors 

 are beautiful. 



Hygrophorus parvulus Pk. 



Damp ground in thin woods or clearings. Wood farm. August. 



Hygrophorus nitidus B. cV C. 



Damp or mossy ground in woods and clearings. Common. Very 

 viscid and pale yellow in all its parts. 



Hygrophorus chlorophanus Fr. 



Damp places in woods and clearings. Raybrook. August. 



Hygrophorus psittacinus (Schaeff.) Fr. 

 Similar to the last in habitat. Raybrook. August. 



Lactarius deliciosus (Z.) Fr. 



Delicious lactarius 



Pine groves and mossy swamps. Common. Edible. The species is 

 readily recognized by the orange colored juice that issues from wounds 

 of the lamellae or flesh. 



Lactarius uvidus Fr. 



Swamps and mossy places in woods. Valley of the Ausable. August. 

 Wounds of the lamellae and flesh assume a lilac or violaceous color. 



Lactarius theiogalus (Bull.) Fr. 



Woods and swamps. Common. The milky juice soon changes from 

 white to yellow on exposure to the air. 



Lactarius quietus Fr. 



Low swampy woods. Rare. Near Newman. September. 



Lactarius torminosus (Schaeff.) Fr. 

 Woods and bushy places. Common. Very acrid. 



Lactarius sordidus Pk. 



Woods and groves of coniferous trees. Lake Placid and Wood farm. 

 Closely related to L. turpis Fr. 



