LACTARIAE ОЕ THE UNITED STATES 43 
the Zorminosae in the minutely tomentose condition of the margin 
of the young pileus. The gills become somewhat pruinose in the 
mature plant. While not abundant, the species was found several 
times during August and September, in as many different places. 
3 No. 67, 1907. 
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Lactaria lanuginosa 1 
FIGURE 6. 
18. Lactaria lanuginosa sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex-umbilicate, then expanding and 
depressed in the center, whitish to yellowish-flesh (68), zoned 
especially toward the margin, where the zones are close and nar- 
row, viscid, sparsely covered with agglutinated short white coarse 
tomentum, 7-8 cm. broad, margin involute at first and the extreme 
