Lactarius AGARICACE/E 273 



1268. L. umbrinus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, depressed, rivuloso-floccose, umber to deep 

 sepia or dark rufous-brown, zoneless or obscurely zoned darker. 

 St. solid, white to greyish, or as P. G. crowded, pallid- 

 yellowish, grey-spotted. Milk white, becoming greyish. 



Acrid. Pine woods, damp places. Autumn. 3^ X \\ X f in. 



1269. L. plumbeus Fr. (from the colour ; plumbeus, leaden) a b c. 



P. convex, then depressed and infundibuliform, greyish-brown, 

 sooty-sepia with a shade of olive or tan-olive ; mid. darker. 

 St. solid, equal, paler than P. or tan-ochre. G. crowded, 

 yellowish grey-white. Milk white. 



Woods. Nov. 9? X 3^ X i| in. 



1270. L. pergamenus Fr. (from its parchment colour ; pergamena, 

 parchment) a b. White or pale yellowish. 



P. convex, piano-depressed, smooth, slightly wrinkled, zoneless. 



St. stuffed, smooth, equal or slightly attenuate downwards. 



G. adnate, very crowded, becoming straw-colour. Milk 



white. 

 Taste very acrid. Woods. Aug.-Oct. 3^ X 3j X f in. 



1271. L. piperatus Fr. (from the peppeiy taste ; piper, pepper) a b c. 



White. 



P. convex, then depressed and infundibuliform, rigid, even, 

 smooth, zoneless, often spotted faint umber or grey. St. solid, 

 attenuate downwards, subpruinose. G. crowded, branched, 

 becoming spotted dull, pale brownish-yellow. Milk copious, 

 white. 



Said to be edible ; poisonous when raw. Odour none. Mixed woods ; 

 common. July-Oct. 7i X 3 X if in. Sometimes clouded yellowish 

 within and without. 



1272. L. vellereus Fr. (from the pubescent pileus ; vellus, fleece) 



a b c. White. 



P. convex to depressed, dry, zoneless, rigid, becoming pale 

 yellowish or spotted pale brownish or yellowish. St. solid, 

 equal or attenuate downwards, thinly pubescent, pale sulphur 

 within at base. G. somewhat thick, subdistant, branched. 

 Flesh white, changing to pale sulphur. Milk sparing, some- 

 times absent, white, sometimes pale sulphur, changing to 

 white. 



Poisonous. Taste bitter-acrid. Woods, beech ; common. Aug. -Dec. 

 8 x 6 x 2\ in. 



1273. L. scotieus B. & Br. (found first in Scotland) a. 



P. convex to slightly depressed, pubescent, pale yellowish or 

 faint brownish. St. solid, equal, pale flesh-colour. G. thin, 

 broad, scarcely branched, pallid-white. Milk white. 



Taste very acrid ; odour pungent. Amongst moss. Autumn. 2 x i X f in. 



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