BuRLINGHAM: LACTARII FROM VERMONT 89 
the margin, I.1-3 cm. broad, margin minutely crenate, pruinose 
at first, in mature specimens slightly wavy and sometimes sub- 
striate ; gills close, thin, adnate, seldom forking, broad for the 
thickness of the pileus ; stem slightly paler than the pileus, equal, 
stuffed, a little tomentose at the base when growing in moss, about 
2.5 cm. long, . thick ; spores white, subglobose, slightly 
echinulate, 6—8 » ; flesh isabelline-white ; milk white, unchanging, 
acrid. 
In moss or on decayed wood, under yellow birches, in cool, 
moist woods, 500 m. elevation, July ; Newfane. 
This species resembles Lactarius subdulcis somewhat, but differs 
in its smaller size, the viscidity of the pileus, the crenate margin, 
in being expallent, and in the acrid milk. The plants were found 
in the same general locality several times in July, always after a 
rain. Frequently the gills appear pruinose. 
Lactarius nitidus sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, rather thin, convex then depressed in the center, 
margin arching for some time, umbonate, glabrous, smooth, shin- 
ing-viscid when wet, mahogany-red, more golden-red toward the 
- Margin, umbo persistently dark, otherwise fading when dry, 3 cm. 
broad ; gills yellowish becoming pruinose, close, sometimes fork- 
ing, slightly decurrent ; stem mahogany-red, equal, smooth, glab- 
rous, stuffed becoming hollow, 4.5-5 cm. long, 5-8 mm. thick, 
sometimes ventricose when growing in wet places ; spores white, 
echinulate, 5-6 by 6-8 1; flesh faintly buff, turning a little reddish 
where cut ; milk white, unchanging, mild. . 
In a grassy sheep-pasture in the shade of hemlocks, and in 
woods, 500 m. elevation, warm weather, September ; Newfane. 
Lactarius oculatus (Peck) sp. nov. 
Lactarius subdulcis oculatus Peck, Rep. State Bot. N. Y. 1902: 
g7+ 1903. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex then depressed in the center, se 
arched then nearly plane, umbonate, viscid in dew or wet weather, 
