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EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF CANADA
the pileus, sometimes faintly yellowish spotted, stufTed, becoming hollow.
SPORES white, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 7-10 X 5.5-8 n, ornamented
with heavy bands forming a fairly complete reticulum, a few separate warts or
short ridges.
It grows on the ground in woods. July-Sept.
This species may be confused with L. cilicioides Fr. which is also reported
to be poisonous. The latter is often more white but may be as deeply colored as
L. torminosus. They can be distinguished with certainty by the spores which
are smaller in L. cilicioides.
LACTARIUS TRIVIALIS (Fr. ex Fr.) Fr. Suspected
Figure 64, page 26
PILEUS 2-6 in. broad, fleshy, at first convex, becoming plane or somewhat
depressed, the margin decurved, then becoming arched, color variable, livid
gray to smoky gray, usually tinted lilac or purplish, fading to pallid, sometimes
pinkish brown on the disk, viscid, not zoned, flesh pallid, rigid-fragile, thick.
LATEX white, acrid, slowly staining the flesh and lamellae dingy grayish green.
LAMELLAE adnate to short decurrent, close, narrow to moderately broad, some
forked, creamy yellowish, staining grayish green or brownish when bruised or
in age. stipe 1 Vi-A in. long, Vj-Va in. thick, equal, surface even or somewhat
wavy, concolorous with the pileus or paler, especially at the apex, hollow.
SPORES yellowish, broadly ellipsoid, 9-12 X 8-10 ji, ornamented with fairly
high warts joined by lines and ridges to form a partial reticulum.
In groups or scattered on the ground in coniferous or deciduous woods.
Aug.-Oct.
This species can be distinguished from the other species of the L. cinereus
group by the yellowish spore deposit.
LACTARIUS UVIDUS (Fr. ex Fr.) Fr. Poisonous
Figure 84, page 47
PILEUS 1-3 in. broad, firm, convex becoming plane, depressed at the
center, sometimes with a slight umbo, brownish gray, tinged with lilac, viscid,
glabrous, usually not zonate but sometimes faintly spotted or zoned, margin
inrolled at first, finally spreading, flesh white, becoming lilac when wounded.
LATEX white, changing quickly to lilac or violet, acrid and bitterish, lamellae
adnate to slightly decurrent, close, rather narrow, whitish to yellowish, quickly
becoming lilac when bruised, stiff 1 '/2-3 in. long, '4-J/2 ^^- thick, equal or
nearly so, glabrous or tomentose at the base, viscid, whitish to yellowish,
stuffed, becoming hollow, spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, white,
rather variable in size, 7-12 X 6-8.5 n, ornamented with rather high spines and
warts, separate or more or less joined by lines and ridges forming a partial
reticulum.
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