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Lactarius
Pileus 14cm., expanded, nearly flat, umbilicate; surface viscid when moist
Dresden brown or irregularly lighter, spotted especially on disc; margin
smooth, thin; flesh moderately thick (1cm.), thinning gradually; milk
watery, becoming testaceous, finally blackening
Gills white, staining testaceous & finally black, ventricose, adnexed,
moderately close
Stipe 7cm. x 2.5mm. in diameter, white, fibrous, staining brownish
where handled carefully, solid.
In edge of forest along Quebrada
Costa Rica, San José prov, Guayabillos, 2300m. 7-10-36
Dodge & Goerger