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EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF CANADA
sometimes slightly flesh-tinted, glabrous, viscid, not zoned, margin at first
inrolled, becoming arched, flesh white, firm, fairly thick, latex white, un-
changing, acrid, lamellae adnate to decurrent, close to subdistant, rather
broad, forked near the base, whitish to creamy yellowish, stipe 1-3 )/2 in. long,
!^-% ^^- thick, equal, glabrous, viscid, concolorous with pileus or slightly
paler, sometimes spotted, stuffed, becoming hollow, spores broadly ellipsoid
to subglobose, whitish, 7.5-10 X 6.5-8.5 m» ornamented with warts joined by
bands or heavy lines to form a fairly complete reticulum.
On the ground in mixed woods, usually sohtary, sometimes in groups.
July-Oct.
The pileus, lamellae and stipe are all more or less the same color and this,
together with the broad subdistant lamellae and acrid latex, characterizes the
species. L. insulsus (Fr.) Fr. is more orange in color and the pileus is dis-
tinctly zoned.
LACTARIUS CAMPHORATUS (Bull, ex Fr.) Fr. Edible
Figure 53, page 25
pileus 1/^-1 14 in. broad, convex, often umbonate, becoming expanded
and at length depressed, fulvous to dark brownish red, dry, glabrous, not
zoned, sometimes slightly wrinkled and uneven, margin at first inrolled,
becoming arched, flesh thin, firm, fragile, tinged the color of the pileus or
paler, odor fragrant and aromatic, especially on drying, latex white, mild, in
dry weather often scant, lamellae adnate to slightly decurrent, close, rather
narrow, whitish to flesh colored, becoming reddish brown, stipe 1/2-2 in.
long, 1/8-% ii^- thick, equal, glabrous to pruinose, spongy-stuffed, colored like
the pileus or paler, spores subglobose, white, mostly 6.5-8.5 X 5.5-7.5 /it,
ornamented with fairly coarse warts, separate or more or less confluent form-
ing short ridges, or some joined by lines, sometimes partly reticulate.
Sept.
It grows on the ground or on very rotten wood in mixed woods. July-
L. camphoratus is a fairly common species and is reported by Kauffman
to be edible. The characteristic odor of this species is not of camphor as the
name might suggest. It is similar to the odor of L. helvus. It is sometimes very
faint in fresh specimens and becomes more pronounced on drying. L. rufus is
similar in color but is larger, has acrid latex, and lacks the odor. L. camphora-
tus might also be confused with L. subdulcis but the latter is usually paler
colored and also lacks the odor.
LACTARIUS CHRYSORHEUS Fr. Suspected
Figure 81, page 47
PILEUS 2-3 in. broad, fleshy, at first convex, usually umbonate but varying
to umbilicate, then becoming plane to depressed, grayish flesh colored to
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