Lactarius uvidus (Fr.) Fr. Cap 3-l0cm across, flatly convex with a small umbo and incurved margin, becoming flatter with a broad depression and an arched or irregular margin; very pale fawn, lilac, buff, or violet-gray, becoming a little darker in age; smooth, sticky or slimy if very wet. Gills adnate to decurrent, close, moderately broad; creamy white, bruising dull lilac to tan. Stem 30-70 x 10-l6mm, becoming hollow; dirty white to pale, dull buff, staining rusty or yellow-brown at the base; smooth, slimy when young, shiny when dry. Flesh whitish staining dull lilac to pinky-brown. Latex milk-white becoming dingy cream, staining broken surfaces dull lilac. Odor typical. Taste mild becoming slightly bitter then faintly acrid. Spores oval, amyloid, 8-11 x 7-8.5µ; ornamented with widely spaced bands and ridges and isolated particles, no reticulum, prominences 0.5-1µ high. Deposit pale yellow. Habitat scattered to gregarious on low ground under mixed aspen, birch, and pine. Quite common. Found widely distributed in northeastern North America, west to Colorado. Season July-October. Not edible-probably poisonous