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904. Woods near cemetery, October 10, 1913. Photo. 



1195. Scattered through low woods south of cemetery, July 23, 1914. A fine 

 lot of plants in all stages, giving good evidence of the species char- 

 acter. Many were decidedly rugose, mostly in central part, quite as 

 much so as L. volemus often is; milk plentiful and; moderately pep- 

 pery, white at first, sometimes turning a fine olive green and some- 

 times not turning green. Many cuts were made to test this, and in 

 most of the plants some of the milk would turn green and some 

 would not, just as in collection No. 904. Spores pure white, spherical 

 to short-oval, smooth or minutely roughened, one large oil drop, 

 3.4-5.1 X 5.1-6.8^. 



1184. In woods east of Graded School, July 22, 1914. 



1550. Mixed pine and oak woods by path to Meeting of the Waters, June 18, 

 1915. Spores elliptic, slightly roughened, 4.5-5.4 x 6. 3-7. 5m,. 



1583. In dry sandy soil in woods north of Judge Brockwell's, June 21, 1915. 



1672. Woods near Meeting of the Waters, July 26, 1915. The largest of these 

 typical plants was 13 cm. wide. In one of the young plants the gills 

 were of a decided green tint all over when untouched. 



Low districts, in woods. Curtis. 



Blowing Rock. Atkinson. 



Asheville. Beardslee. 



Pink Bed Valley (as L. glaucescens) . Burlingham. 



3. Lactarius vellereus Fr. 



Plates 4 and 40. 



Cap deeply infundibuliform, often containing water like a cup, 

 and frequently split down one side ; when young strongly involute on 

 the margin. Surface dry, whitish or huffy, closely and finely tomen- 

 tose, or varying to more roughly tomentose, smooth. Flesh about 

 8-10 mm. thick near stem, moderately soft, white, but turning a dull 

 brownish yellow or cream color when cut. Milk white and remaining 

 so or changing to a decided creamy yellow, very peppery. 



Gills usually somewhat distant when young, becoming distinctly 

 distant at maturity, narrow, not regularly forking, but the short 

 marginal ones often anastomose with the long ones ; color nearly white 

 when young, turning maize yellow at maturity, with faint tint of flesh 

 color when seen at an angle. 



Stem short, stout, tapering downward, 3-4 cm. long and about 

 1.5-2.5 cm. thick, solid but soft inside and often cavernous by grubs; 



