Lactarins AGARICACE/E 275 



1280. L. theiogalus Fr. (from the sulphur-coloured milk ; Gr. theion, 



brimstone, gala, milk) a b c. 



P. convex to infundibuliform, sometimes papillate, even, smooth, 

 somewhat rufous-tawny with a shade of liver ; marg. crenulate. 

 St. stuffed to hollow, equal, or nearly so, even, rufous-salmon 

 within and without. G. adnato-decurrent, thin, somewhat 

 distant, faintly ochreous to deep yellow or rufescent. Milk 

 white, slowly becoming sulphur. 



Taste mild, then slowly acrid ; odour none. Woods, mixed, pine, oak, 

 amongst heather, sometimes on dead root-stocks of Pteris aquilina ; 

 frequent. Aug. -Nov. 2 X 2 X in. The yellow milk of this species 

 must not be confounded with the deep orange milk of 1275. 



1281. L. eremor Fr. (from the thick milk ; cremor, thick juice) a b. 



Thin, fragile. 

 P. convex to piano-depressed, minutely punctulate, tawny, 



zoneless ; mid. darker ; marg. striate. St. hollow, equal, 



colour as P. G. adnate, subdistant, pallid, or as P. Milk 



somewhat transparent white. 

 Taste mild or slowly acrid. Woods, larch, beech, etc. Sept. 4jx ij X| in. 



Var. pauper Karst., smaller. P. 3 in. in diam. 



1282. L. vietus Fr. (from its appearance ; vietus, shrivelled) a b c. 



P. convex, then depressed, somewhat papillate, even, smooth, 

 flesh-colour or livid-grey, becoming whitish-grey ; mid. pale 

 umber. St. stuffed to hollow, equal or attenuate downwards, 

 pale rose-brown or as P. G. somewhat crowded, white to 

 yellowish. Milk white, then pale lavender-grey. 



Taste mild, becoming slowly acrid ; odour faint but pungent. Woods, 

 mixed, clamp, grassy places, on the ground. Sept. -Oct. 3jxix| in. 



1283. L. eyathula Fr. (from the cup-shaped pileus ; cyat/mla, a little 



cup) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, depressed, sometimes papillose, rimoso-rivulose, 

 Mesh-colour, pale yellowish or ivory, lavender-shaded, zoned, 

 yellowish-brown or zoneless. St. stuffed, equal, even, smooth, 

 whitish or yellowish, lavender-shaded. G. very crowded, thin, 

 whitish, then yellowish-salmon. Milk white. 



In troops. Taste acrid ; odour at first none, then strong of bugs. Woods, 

 birch, damp ground. Aug. -Oct. 2\ x 2| X J in. 



1284. L. rufus Fr. (from the reddish colour) a b c. 



P. plane to infundibuliform, usually umbonate, deep crimson- 

 sienna, sometimes paler, zoneless or with one zone ; marg. 

 sometimes sulcate. St. stuffed, equal, rufescent, paler than P. 

 G. ochreous to rufescent. Milk white. 



Poisonous. Taste very acrid-bitter ; odour none. Woods, pine, etc., dry 

 places. June-Nov. 3^ X 2% X in. 



1285. L. helvus Fr. (from the colour ; helvus, pale yellowish) a b c. 

 P. convex to slightly depressed, sometimes subumbonate, 



granuloso-floccose, sometimes sienna-biscuit, sometimes faintly 

 i- to 2-zoned. St. stuffed to hollow, equal, pale buff 



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