=L. hygrophoroi´des= B. and C.—resembling Hygrophorus. =Pileus= 1–4 in. broad, firm, convex or nearly plane, umbilicate or slightly depressed, rarely funnel-shaped, glabrous or sometimes with a minute velvety pubescence or tomentum, dry, sometimes rugose-wrinkled and often becoming cracked in areas, _yellowish-tawny or brownish-orange_. =Gills= _distant_, adnate or subdecurrent, white or cream-color, the interspaces uneven or venose. =Stem= .5–1 in. long, 4–8 lines thick, short, equal or tapering downward, _solid_, glabrous or merely pruinose, colored like the pileus. =Spores= subglobose or broadly elliptical, _nearly smooth_, 9–11.3µ. =Milk= white, taste mild. Grassy ground and borders of woods. Albany, Greenbush and Sandlake. July and August. This plant has almost exactly the color of L. volemus, but differs from it in its distant gills, short stem, less copious milk and less globose spores. Its flesh is white, with a thickness about equal to the breadth of the gills. It is probably edible, but has not yet been tested. The typical L. hygrophoroides is described as having the pileus yellowish-red and pulverulent, and the gills luteous. It is also represented as a small plant; but our specimens, while not fully agreeing with this description, approach so closely to it in some of their forms that they doubtless belong to the same species. We have therefore extended the description so that it may include our plant. In wet weather the pileus sometimes becomes funnel-form by the elevation of the margin. _Peck_, 38th Rep. N.Y. State Bot. Mt. Gretna, Pa., 1897, grassy grounds and borders of woods. Mixed, moist woods and grassy borders. July to September. _McIlvaine._ =Pileus= up to 4 in. across. =Stem= 1–2½ in., tapering, equal or tapering downward. When growing in woods the stem is longer than when growing on borders. Its edible qualities are excellent. =L. mitis´simus= Fr.—_mitis_, mild. =Pileus= 1–3 in. broad, _golden-tawny_, zoneless, fleshy, thin, somewhat rigid, convex, _papillate_, depressed, papilla vanishing, even, smooth, somewhat slippery when moist. =Flesh= pallid. =Stem= elongated, 1–3 in. long, ⅓-½ in. thick, stuffed, then hollow, even, smooth, of the same color as the pileus. =Gills= adnato-decurrent, somewhat arcuate, then tense and straight, 1–1½ lines and more broad, thin, crowded, a little paler than the pileus, most frequently stained with minute red spots. =Milk= white, _mild_, plentiful. Thin; very much allied to L. subdulcis, but distinguished by the _taste_ being _mild, then somewhat bitterish_, and especially by the _bright, golden-tawny, resplendent_ color of the pileus and stem. _Fries._ In mixed and pine woods. August to November. _Stevenson._ =Spores= 6–8×5–6µ _Massee_; 10µ _Cooke_; spheroid, echinulate, 6–7µ _C.B.P._ California, _H. and M._ Edible. _Cooke._ Eaten on the continent. (Plate XLIII.) [Illustration: LACTARIUS SUBDULCIS.]