WHITE-SPORED A(JARICS. I •.: 1 



are white, verv' narrow, very much crowJeJ, and sonu- of them 

 forked, arcuate and ttun ascending because of the funnel-shaped 

 pileus. The spores are smooth, oval, with a small pr)int, 5-7 X4-5 //. 

 The stem is equal or taperinj: bt-low, short, solid. 



The milk is white, unchan^ieable, very acrid to llu- taste and 

 abundant. The plant is reported as edible. A closely related spe- 

 cies is L. f)erga)neniis (Swartz) Fr., which resembles it very closely, 

 but has a longer, stuffed stem, and thinner, more pliant pileus which 

 is more frequently irregular and eccentric, and not at first umbilicate. 

 Figure 119 is from plants (No. 3887, C. U. herbarium) collected at 

 Blowing Rock, N. C, during September, 1899. 



FlGiRE 120. — Lactarius resinuis. Kntire plant white, in age scales 

 on cap dull ochraceous (natural size). Copyright iijoo. 



Lactarius resimus Fr. ? — This plant is very common in the woods 

 bordering a sphagnum moor at Malloryville, N. Y., ten miles from 

 Ithaca, during Jul\' to September. 1 have found it at this place 

 every summer for the past three years. It occurs also in the woods 

 of the damp ravines in the vicinity of Ithaca, it was also abundant 



