Lactarins AGARICACE^i 279 



1302. L. subumbonatus Lindgr. (from the somewhat umbonate 



pileus) a b. 



P. convex to depressed, acutely papillate, rugose, punctate, dark 

 cinnamon, zoneless. St. stuffed, equal or attenuate downwards, 

 rufescent, crimson-umber below. G. adnate, flesh-colour or 

 reddish. Flesh pale brown. Milk watery, white. 



Taste mild ; odour none when fresh, fetid in drying. Woods, on the 

 ground. Sept. if X I X T 3 ff in. 



1303. L. obnubilis Fr. (from the clouded pileus obnubilo, to over- 



cloud) a b. 



P. convex to depressed, at first papillate, brown-fuliginous or 

 umber, zoneless , marg. somewhat striate. St. stuffed to 

 hollow, equal, paler than P. G. somewhat crowded, yellowish. 

 Milk white. 



Taste mild, somewhat sweet. Woods, damp places under alders, pastures. 

 Sept. -Nov. 2\ x l X J in. Var. crenatus Mass. P. coarsely and 

 regularly sulcate. Usually larger than type. Fir woods. 



1304. L. minimus W. G. Sm. (from its very small size ; minimus, 



very small) a b c. Pallid clay-colour. 

 P. pulvinate, obtuse, or subumbonate. St. usually excentric. 



G. furcate, moderately distant, slightly darker than P. Milk 



white. 

 Taste mild. Woods, pastures. Oct. T 5 5 X T 3 5 X ^ in. 



PLEUROPOM:. 



1305. L. obliquus Fr. (from the oblique stem) a. White, changing 



to yellowish. 



P. piano-depressed, lobate, silky, zoned grey. St. stuffed to 

 hollow. G. crowded, white. Milk white. 



Odour strong. Trunks, beech, burnt stumps, banks. Oct. 2 x I X J in. 

 Pileus sometimes 6 in. or more in diam. 



XLIX. RUSSULA Fr. 



(From the frequently reddish colour of the pileus ; russulus, reddish.) 



F7 obsolete. Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with the 

 stem. Pileus fleshy, rigid, regular, at length depressed. Stem 

 central, stout, rigid, without cartilaginous bark, shining, exannulate. 

 Gills adnate, rigid, fragile, often equal in length or furcate, edge 

 thin, acute, sometimes exuding watery drops, especially in rainy 

 weather, but not milky as in Lactarins ; trama, vesicular. Spores 

 minutely verruculose or echinulate, white or pale yellowish. (Fig. 63.) 



Terrestrial fleshy rigid and brittle putrescent fungi appearing in 

 late summer and autumn. A few species are reputed edible, but 

 most are noxious, and there is some danger of confusing the esculent 

 with the poisonous. Odour none or unpleasant. 



