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edge covered with fine short tomentum, at length glabrous and | 
upturned ; gills whitish, at length maize-yellow (36. 2. 3) to yel- 
lowish-buff (370. £. 2), seldom forking, close, slightly decurrent, 
3-5 mm. broad; stem white, becoming yellowish-buff spotted 
more or less with darker, equal or tapering downwards, viscid 
when young or wet, minutely pubescent to hairy tomentose, then 
nearly glabrous, firm, stuffed, then hollow, 3 cm. long, 1-2 cm. 
thick ; flesh white, unchanging, odor rather strong ; spores white, 
nearly globose, echinulate, 6-7 м; latex white, unchanging, scanty, 
astringent, not very acrid. (FIGURE 6.) 
Нав.: Among dead leaves under oak, maples, alder, and 
Rhododendron. August and September. 
Distris.: North Carolina, Burlingham. 
DISTINGUISHING FIELD-MARKS: The large, whitish, zonate | 
pileus, covered with short sparse, agglutinated tomentum. The 7 
zones seem to be concentric translucent rings, which appear || 
cream-colored in contrast with the opaque white of the remainder 
of the pileus. The tomentum is more noticeable when the viscidity 
has disappeared. In the dried plant the rings are conspicuous and 
bright-colored. Ki 
I found this species in the “ Pink Beds," North Carolina, five | 
times during August and September. It seems to be quite distinct | 
from any other species. The type specimens, ло. 67, 1907, аге іп 
the herbarium of the N. Y. Botanical Garden. 
10. LACTARIA TURPIS (Weinm.) Fr. Epicr. 335. 1838. [As 
Lactarius | 
glabrous or agglutinated-fibrous, 6-12 cm. broad, margin involute 
at first and yellow-villose, then glabrous; gills cream-colored, then | 
darker yellow, becoming nearly black where bruised, then ash 
* Report of Botanist published in advance, 
