III.—RUSSULARIA. * VISCIDI. _Pileus viscid._ =L. pal´lidus= Fr.—_pale._ =Pileus= 3–6 in. broad, flesh-color or clay-color to _pallid, somewhat tan_, fleshy, umbilicato-convex, depressed, obtuse, margin broadly and for a long time involute, smooth, gluey, _zoneless_. =Flesh= pallid. =Stem= 2 in. and more long, about ¾ in. thick, somewhat equal, stuffed then _hollow_, even, smooth, of the same color as the pileus. =Gills= somewhat decurrent, arcuate, rather broad, 1½-2 lines and more; somewhat thin, crowded, somewhat branched, whitish at length of the same color as the pileus. =Milk= white, unchangeable. _Fries._ Taste _somewhat mild_. Stature that of L. deliciosus, _but more lax in texture and always pallid_. There is a variety with the pileus inclining to dingy-brown. _Stevenson._ Mixed woods. September to October. =Spores= echinulate, almost round, 8µ _W.G.S._; 7–11µ _Cooke_; 9–10×7–8µ _Massee_. North Carolina, _Schweinitz_, _Curtis_; Massachusetts, _Frost_; Minnesota, _Johnson_; Rhode Island, _Bennett_. Edible. _Cooke._ =L. quie´tus= Fr.—calm, mild. =Pileus= 3 in. broad, fleshy, depressed, obtuse, margin deflexed, smooth, at first viscid, _somewhat cinnamon_, flesh-color, disk darker, _somewhat zoned_, soon dry, _somewhat silky_, opaque, _becoming pale_. =Flesh= white then reddish. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, ½ in. and more thick, stuffed, _spongy_, smooth, reddish, _at length beautifully rust-color_. =Gills= adnato-decurrent, somewhat forked at the base, 1½-2 lines broad, _white then soon brick-red_. =Milk= white, unchangeable, _sweet_. _Fries._ In woods. August to November. _Stevenson._ =Spores= echinulate, 8–10×6–7µ _Massee_; 10–12µ _Cooke_. Nova Scotia, _Somers_; New York, _Peck_, Rep. 42. Edible. _Cooke._ Eaten in France and held in estimation. =L. theio´galus= Fr. _Gr_—brimstone; milk. =Pileus= 2–5 in. broad, fleshy, thin, convex, then depressed, even, _glabrous_, viscid, _tawny-reddish_. =Lamellæ= adnate or decurrent, close, pallid or reddish. =Stem= 1–3 in. long, 4–10 lines thick, stuffed or hollow, even, colored like the pileus. =Spores= _yellowish, inclining to pale flesh-color_, subglobose, 7.5–9µ. =Milk= white, _changing to sulphur-yellow_, taste tardily acrid, bitterish. Woods and groves. Common. July to October. Our plant does not fully accord with the description of the species as given by Fries. _Peck_, 38th Rep. N.Y. State Bot. =Spores= subglobose, 7–8µ diameter _Massee_; subglobose, 7.5–9µ _Peck_. West Virginia, 1881–1885; Mt. Gretna, Pa. July, 1897; New Jersey, common in mixed woods. July to frost. _McIlvaine._ L. theiogalus possesses all the good qualities of the hot milk species. While I ate it whenever I chose in West Virginia, I did not again eat it until 1897 at Mt. Gretna. There several partook of it and thought it rather coarse, but of good flavor. It requires long cooking.