Lactaria ligniota

Lactaria ligniota Fries, Monogr. Hymen. Suec. 2 : 177. 1863
Lactaria fuliginosa major Vries, Epicr. Myc. 348. 1838. Lactariella ligniota Schrot. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3i : 544. 1889.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane to slightly depressed, umbonate, often wrinkled in the center, 3-8 cm. broad; surface dark-brown, azonate,/ dry, pruinosevel vety ; margin sometimes plicate : context rather firm, white, becoming pinkish or salmon where wounded ; latex white, changing to salmon-pink where in contact with the broken flesh, mild or finally slightly acrid ; lamellae white or ochraceous, becoming pinkish or salmon where wounded, not crowded, of various lengths, decurrent, about 5 mm. broad ; stipe of the same color as the pileus, equal or abruptly smaller and plicate at the apex, smooth, pruinose-velvety, stuffed, up to 8 cm. long and 12 mm. thick : spores yellowish, globose, echinvilate, 9-10 /I in diameter.
Type LOCALITY : Sweden.
HABITAT : On the ground in mossy wet woods, especially fir
Distribution : Vermont and New York to North Carolina