40 LACTARIAE OF THE UNITED STATES 
viscid pileus, and the more distant gills separate this species from | 
Lactaria chrysorhea and Lactaria theiogala. 
16. Lactaria delicata sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex-umbilicate, at length nearly infundib- 
uliform, maize-yellow (36. 2. 3), tinted in the center with yellow- 
ish-salmon (65), faintly but decidedly zonate, viscid and covered | 
with gluten when wet, glabrous, 8-12 cm. broad, margin involute | 
at first and covered with coarse short tomentum, then merely de- 
flexed and glabrous; gills whitish, becoming maize-yellow with 
age, some forking near the stem, close, slightly decurrent, 5-7 mm. E. 
broad; stem whitish to maize-yellow tinted with yellowish salmon, - 
more or less scrobiculate-spotted, spots of the same color as Ше. 
rest of the stem or duller, equal or tapering downwards, glabrous, | 
stuffed, becoming hollow, 4-5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick; flesh 
white, odor strong ; spores tinted yellowish-salmon in mass, sub- 
globose, echinulate, 7-8 м; latex white, becoming sulphur-yellow, | 
acrid, scanty. (FIGURE 4.) ў 
Нав.: In sandy loam and dense shade, oak and chestnut | 
woods, July and August. a 
Півтків.: “ Pink Beds," North Carolina, 1000 meters elevation, | 
Burlingham. | 1 
mature pileus, the rather persistent viscidity, the lily shape of the 
. mature pileus, and the change in the color of the latex. 
V. AGGLUTINATAE | 
Pileus very viscid when young or in wet weather, margin invo- 
lute at first and covered with a short tomentum, color from w! 
to buff and umber with greenish tinge, becoming deeper in агу! 
