191S^ The Lactaeias of Xoeth Carolhsta 35 



L. deliciosus in appearance. Flesh firmly spongy, 4 mm. thick near 

 stem, very light pinkish near the surface, deep wine color at gills, 

 after several hours the cut surface becomes greenish. 



Gills close, hardly decurrent, many short ones, none branched, 

 3 mm. deep in center, grayish-pink (hydrangea pink — Ridgway), 

 much deeper colored in face than surface view, when wounded becom- 

 ing greenish after several hours. Milk sparse, scarcely peppery, 

 watery, deep wine color (dark vinaceous of Ridgway). 



Stem very short and small, just as in L. virescens; 1.3 cm, long, 

 8 mm. thick, colored very much like the cap, with greenish and red- 

 dish stains and apparently solid normally, but hollowed by grubs. 



Spores creamy white, oval, warted and ridged, one large oil drop, 

 5.9-6.8 X 6.8-8.5/x. 



For other illustrations see Mem. Tor. B. C. 14: fig. 8. 1908; also, 

 K Y. St. Mu. Eep. 54 : PL 70. 1902 (in color). 



1246. On burnt-over ground under pines, edge of Raleigh road by Judge 

 Brockwell's, September 23, 1914. Two photos and painting. 



Blowing Rock. Atkinson. 

 Asheville. Beardslee. 



28. Lactarius Indigo (Schw.) Fr. 



Plates 23 and 40. 



A beautiful and conspicuous plant, easily recognized by the fine 

 indigo color of the cap and flesh and milk. 



Cap up to 14.5 cm. broad, depressed in center, the margin turned 

 down or nearly plane, often crenate and irregular; surface viscid, 

 smooth, covered with a thin white layer through which tlie deep indigo 

 color of the flesh shows in distinct zones of indigo, often with deep 

 green areas where bruised. Flesh firm, deep indigo. !Milk deep 

 indigo, turning dark-green on exposure. 



Gills close, attached, 3.5-4 mm. deep and nearly the same width 

 throughout, distinctly indigo from the flesli showing througli tlie 

 whitish surface layer, turning deep indigo and then green when 

 bruised. As the spores ripen a clay color is added to the gill surface. 



