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WHITE SPORE PRINT<br />
touches it. In spite of its rather disconcerting array of colors the<br />
fungus is, as its name implies, delicious. It is a fall plant and can<br />
be found scattered on the ground in forests, sometimes in considerable<br />
numbers.<br />
Figure 24. Lactarius subdulcis. <strong>Edible</strong>.<br />
<strong>Edible</strong>: LACTARIUS SUBDULCIS<br />
This is one of the smaller species of the genus (Figure 24 and<br />
Plate 46), but it amply makes up in numbers for its lack of size.<br />
The fruit body is a uniform reddish brown, the caps being from<br />
i to 2 inches wide and the stems from 2 to 2 1/2 inches long and<br />
somewhat slender, at least for a Lactarius. The top of the cap is<br />
flat or nearly so, with a small rounded bump just above the stem,<br />
and the surface has a slightly mealy appearance.<br />
The juice is white and often rather scanty, but it can usually be<br />
seen when the cap is bent back far enough to split the edges of the<br />
gills. The species is common in fields and woods from spring until<br />
fall, almost invariably appearing in groups of a dozen or more.<br />
Patches containing a hundred are not uncommon.<br />
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