1918'] The Lactarias of ]^oeth Carolixa 29 



The following description is from Miss Burlingliani (Mem. T. B. C. 

 14:44. 1908): 



"Pileus fleshy firm, thick, convex-umbilicate, then plane to de- 

 pressed in the center, yellowish-brown or umber, with olivaceous tinge, 

 darker in the center, azonate, slimy-viscid in wet weather, glabrous 

 or agglutinated-fibrous, G-12 cm. broad, margin involute at first and 

 yellow-villose, then glabrous ; gills cream-colored, then darker yellow, 

 becoming nearly black where bruised, then ash-colored from the 

 spores, many forking near the stem, close, somewhat decurrent, 3-4 

 ram. broad ; stem of the same color as the pileus, equal or slightly 

 smaller at the base, viscid when wet, glabrous, smooth or somewhat 

 scrobiculate, or sometimes merely spotted, spots becoming nearly 

 black in dried specimens, firm, stuffed, occasionally becoming hollow 

 when old, usually 3-4 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick; flesh whitish, odor 

 slight; spores white, globose to sub-globose, echinulate, 6.5-8/*; latex 

 white, unchanging, acrid. Possibly edible. 



'TIab. : On the ground in mixed woods, often near fir or spruce 

 trees. August and September. 



"Distinguishing Field-Marks: The yellowish-brown or oliva- 

 ceous color of young plants and the blackish color of mature plants, 

 the slimy condition of the whole mushroom in wet weather, the black- 

 ening of the gills with injury or in drying, and in many cases the 

 grayish color due to the presence of the spores. The pileus may be 

 covered with villose fibers which are closely stuck to the surface, and 

 are not easily distinguishable, or it may be practically glabrous. The 

 yellow down or villosity on the margin disappears in the mature plant, 

 and is at no time conspicuous." 



Middle district (Schw.) woods. Curtis. 

 Asheville. Beardslee. 



22. Lactarius speciosus Burl. 



Pi..\TEs 21 and 40. 



Cap up to 7.0 cm. in diameter, depressed in center, tlio margin 

 strongly inrolled when young and deeply clothed with long, coarse 

 tomcntnm just a.s in L. torminosus, remainder of cap more thinly 



