Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Figure 133.—Lactarius scrobiculatus. Natural size. Caps reddish-yellow, zoned. Margin very much incurved, stem pitted.
Scrobiculatus is from scrobis, a trench, and ferro, to bear, referring to the pitted condition of the stem. The pileus is convex, centrally depressed, more or less zoned, reddish-yellow, viscid, the margin very much incurved, downy.
The gills are adnate, or slightly decurrent, whitish, and often very much curled, because of the incurved condition of the cap at first.
The stem is equal, stuffed, adorned often with pits of a darker color.
The spores are white, juice white, then yellowish.
The plant is very acrid to the taste, and solid. Too hot to be eaten. I have found it only a few times on the hills of Huntington township, near Chillicothe. The yellowish hue and markedly incurved margin will identify the plant. Found in August and September.