191S^ The Lactaeias of jSTorth Carolina 27 



"Gills close, white, then dingy, forking and unequal. 



"Stem short, equal, pallid. 



"Spores subglobose, rough, 6-7/i. long. 



"The dull brown pileus and numerous zones mark it." 



Asheville. in woods, not common. Beardslee. 



19. Lactarius agglutinatus Burl. 



This species has so far been found only in the "Pink Beds" on 

 Mount Pisgah, and I give below the original description by Miss 

 Burlingham (Mem. T. B. C. 14:42, fig. 5. 1908) : 



"Pileus convex-umbilicate, then depressed in the center with the 

 margin uplifted, at length infundibuliform, but!" (309. t. 4) fading 

 to buff (310) when mature, slightly zonate when young, scarcely so 

 when older, slimy-viscid when wet, with subrugose elevations or 

 papillae showing through the gluten, appearing squamulose to squarru- 

 lose when dry, 6-10 cm. broad, margin involute and minutely pubes- 

 cent at first, the pubescence becoming less noticeable as the margin 

 unfolds; gills yellowish-buff (310 t. 1), some forking near the stem, 

 close, slightly decurrent, 2-4 mm. broad ; stem of the same color as the 

 pileus or paler, sometimes spotted, equal or tapering downwards, 

 viscid when wet, glabrous, firm as though solid, becoming spongy to 

 hollow, 2.5-4 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick; spores creamy-white in mass 

 • (10. t. 1, 2), subglobose, echinulate, T-8m; ficsh white, odor somewhat 

 like raw pumpkin; latex white, unchanging, acrid. 



"Hab. : Among dead leaves, in rather sandy soil, oak-chestnut 

 woods, frequently under the flowering dogwood. August and Sep- 

 tember. 



"Distinguishing Field-Marks: The medium size, buff color, 

 and the papilliform and rugose elevations showing through thick, 

 glistening gluten when wet, and the squamulose appearance of the 

 ])ilcus when dry. One peculiarity of the pileus is that if it becomes 

 wet again after having dried, the squamules swell up and tlie surface 

 appears papilliform and rugulose as at first." 



Pink Bed Valley. Burlingham. 



