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26. Lactarius Chelidonium Pk. 



This species lias so far been reported from North Carolina only by 

 Atkinson. I am not sure that it is really distinct from L. deliciosus. 

 The following description is by Miss Burlingham (Mem. Torr. B. C. 

 14: 59. 1908): 



'"Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, then plane with the center more or 

 less depressed, 'grayish yellow or tawny,' at length stained with 

 bluish and greenish, usually with two or three narrow zones near the 

 margin, slightly viscid when wet, glabrous, 5-8 cm. broad, margin 

 involute at first and naked; gills saffron-yellow mixed with gray, 

 sometimes forking, close, 'anastomosing or wavy at the base,' adnate, 

 then slightly decurrent, narrow ; stem of the same color as the pileus, 

 nearly equal, glabrous, becoming hollow, 2.5-4 cm. long, 10-12 mm. 

 thick; flesh whitish, staining saffron-yellow from the latex, then be- 

 coming bluish and at length greenish; spores yellowish, globular to 

 broadly elliptical, echinulate, 7 x 8]". (9/i. Peck) ; latex saffron-yellow, 

 mild, scanty. Edible. 



"Hab. : 'Sandy soil under or near pine trees' (Peck) ; also in dry 

 spruce woods. 



"Distinguishing Field-Marks : It is a paler yellow and duller 

 in color than Lactaria deliciosa, the flesh is firm, the pileus scarcely 

 viscid, the zones marginal, the stem short, the gills narrow, and the 

 latex safi'ron-yellow rather than orange. It is usually found in dry 

 woods in the vicinity of pine trees, while Lactaria deliciosa is most 

 abundant in mossy wet woods, especially near hemlocks." 



For an illustration of this species see Atkinson, Stud. Am. Fungi, 

 PL 35, fig. 2. 1900 ; also, see IST. Y. St. Mu. Mem. 3 : PL 53. 1900 

 (in color). 



Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina. Atkinson. 

 Asheville. Beardslee. 



27. Lactarius subpurpureus Pk. 



Plates 1 and 40. 

 Cap 5.7 cm. broad, plane on margin, depressed in center, slightly 

 viscid, light pinkish-buff (nearly white) with distinct zones of rather 

 faint olive showing through; surface smooth and very much like 



