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in color of the lamellae, however, is taken to indicate that the 
latex was scarce and watery. Miss Burlingham suggests that the 
dried specimens greatly resemble L. lactiflua in appearance and 
odor. I have never seen a specimen of L. lactiflua with the colors 
and surface characters of this plant nor without an abundance of 
latex in the younger stages. Miss Burlingham says that it does 
not resemble any species of Russula. 
Ceriomyces retipes (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill 
Netted-stemmed Ceriomyces 
Plate i6o. Figure 7. X i 
Pileus convex above, concave or plane beneath, rarely cespitose, 
5-12 cm. broad, 1-2 cm. thick; surface dr}'-, opaque, somewhat 
viscid when wet, minutely tomentose to glabrous, sometimes 
covered with a yellow pulverulence, varying in color from yellow 
or yellowish-brown to fuliginous ; context firm, light- to deep- 
yellow, unchanging, mild or slightly bitter; tubes adnate, slightly 
decurrent, somewhat depressed with age, i cm. or more long, 
clear lemon-yellow when young, becoming dull-yellow at ma- 
turity, darker with age, but not changing when wounded, mouths 
circular to angular, less than i mm. broad, slightly flesh-colored 
when bruised ; spores oblong, smooth, yellowish-brown, 1 1-14 X 
3-4.5 fjL ; stipe subequal, often bulbous at the base, distinctly and 
beautifullly reticulate, sometimes entirely to the base, yellowish- 
pulverulent in some specimens, yellow and firm within, yellow 
or yellowish-brown without, 5-12 cm. long, 0.5-2 cm. thick. 
An attractive and well-marked edible species occurring com- 
monly in thin woods from Nova Scotia to Alabama and west to 
Wisconsin. The cap varies in color from yellow to brown, the 
flesh and tubes are yellow, and the yellow stem is beautifully 
reticulated to the base. It was first described by Berkeley from 
plants collected by Curtis in North Carolina, and later Peck as- 
signed the name B. ornatipes to a dark form of the same plant. 
Pecks’ B. griseus is closely related but is gray with white tubes. 
