1918li The Lactaeias of I^orth Carolina 45 



"Pileus fleshy, fragile, convex, then plane to depressed, snbum- 

 bonate, testaceous to isabellinc, expallent, azonate, dr\', the whole 

 surface broken up into floccose-granulose squamules, sometimes rivu- 

 lose, 5-15 cm. broad, margin involute at first, then spreading; gills 

 white, then tinted with incarnate, finally yellow, often forking, close, 

 decurrent, 2-3 mm. broad; stem pale-testaceous, equal, pruinose, 

 pubescent at the base, stuffed, then hollow, 5-8 cm. long, 1 cm. or more 

 thick ; spores globose, echinulate, hyaline, 6-7m ; flesh of the same color 

 as the pileus but paler, odor faint, sweet, persistent in drying; latex 

 white, scanty, subacrid, more often watery and mild or subacrid. 

 Edible. 



^'Hab. : In mossy rather wot woods or marshes. 'In pines, fre- 

 quently degenerate in swampy places' (Fries). 



"Distinguishing Field-Marks : The rather large size, the tawny 

 buff colored, dry floccose-squamulose pileus, the usually watery milk, 

 and the aromatic odor, which persists in drying." 



Middle district (Schw.) woods. Curtis. 

 Aslieville. Beardslee. 



37. Lactarius Peckii Burlg. 



Plate 28. 



Cap up to 11 cm. broad, depressed in center even when quite small, 

 not umbonate, the margin strongly inrolled up to full gro\\i:h and then 

 mostly turned downi, usually lobed and crimped at maturity. Sur- 

 face rather rouglily velvety, the margin distinctly tomentose when 

 young. The color is very striking, a deep red brown (hazel, burnt 

 sienna and chestnut brown), distinctly zoned or sometimes the zones 

 scarcely visible in young plants. Flesh very firm, a light flesh-])rown 

 color, turning darker when cut. ^Filk very peppery, watery white, 

 unchanging, rather scant. 



Gills rather crowded, narrow, slightly decurrent, 2-3 nun. wide, 

 color of cap and becoming a deep rich red-l)ro\vii with age; pruinose 

 at maturity, darker when bruised. 



Stem cpiito .smooth, tapering downward, 3-0 cm. long, about 1.2 em. 

 tliick in center, solid and luinl, color «»1" cait, but somewhat lighter. 



