BuRLINGHAM: LACTARII FROM VERMONT 87 
State Museum, and for his assistance in determining doubtful 
forms; also to Prof. L. M. Underwood, under whose direction the 
study of the Lactarii is being pursued, and Dr. Marshall A. Howe, 
who placed at our disposal for the summer the house which we 
occupied, and otherwise rendered valuable assistance through his 
intimate knowledge of Newfane. 
The following is the list of species taken, together with the 
description of new species. 
Lactarius aspideoides sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, rather firm, convex-umbilicate, then plane, be- 
coming infundibuliform with age, 3-4.5 cm. broad, sulphur-yel- 
low zoned with deeper yellow, zones narrow, sometimes obscure, 
very viscid when wet, gluten thick and persisting, margin involute 
and minutely tomentose at first ; gills whitish then cream-colored 
spotted with yellow, close, sometimes forking next the stem, 
adnate but acute at the inner end, 4 mm. broad, staining lilac 
base, glabrous, stuffed, becoming hollow, 2-3-5 cm. long, 6-10 
m. thi 
late, 5—7 by 7-8 p#; flesh whitish, changing faintly lilac where ex- 
posed to the air; milk white, a change in color indicated only by 
the change in the color of the broken flesh ; taste bitter. 
de sheep-pasture near small fir trees, 
In a grassy place in hillsi 
ather, September 
523 m. elevation, after heavy rain and warm we 
21-24; Newfane. : 
This species is related to Lactarius aspideus Fries, but 1s sepa- 
rated from it by the brighter-colored soned pileus, the smaller size, 
and the bitter taste of the milk. I could not detect any change in 
the color of a drop of milk, but the gills and flesh change to iilge 
where wounded. The tomentum on the margin of the young pileus 
is chaffy in appearance. 
Lactarius Bensleyae sp. V- 
Pileus firm, fleshy, nearly flat with margin inrolled, ae 
when older depressed in the center but the margin still recurved, 
surface covered with a dense minute short rather stiff pubescence, 
dry, blue-black when young and moist, then zoned with seg 
gray, finally with brownish-gray, darker in the center, ae ra 
broad ; gills whitish, some forking near the stem, close, slightly 
decurrent ; stem somewhat buff, covered more OF less with a gray 
