LACTARIUS. 105 



beautifully rubigi7ious. Gills adnato-decurrent, somewhat forked Lactarius. 

 at the base, 3-4 mm. (i/^~ 2 lin-) broad, white the?i soon brick- 

 rufescent. Milk white, unchangeable, sweet. 



Abounding in milk. Soft, not so obese and fleshy as L. pallidns. The 

 pileus is sometimes of one colour, rufescent. 



In woods. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Margin of pileus delicately downy. Stem bearing strong pressure without 

 breaking, when old less firm. Odour oily, and somewhat like that of bugs. 

 M.J.B. Spores papillose, 8x5 mk. W.G.S. ; spherical, echinulate, 11 mk. 

 Q. Name — quietus, mild. From the taste. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 169. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 431. Berk. Out. p. 207. C. Hbk. ?i. 602. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 569. 

 L. pallidus Saund. & Sm. t. 16. Ag. Krombh. t. 40./. 5-7. 



28. L. theiogalus Fr. — Pileus 4-6 cent. (\}b-i% in.) broad, 

 rufous-tawny, fleshy, thin, convex when young, then depressed, 

 at length infundibuliform in the centre, margin more or less 

 thin, rather broadly deflected, even, smooth, viscous, shining 

 when dry, zoneless; flesh whitish. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) 

 long, 4-8 mm. (2-4 lin.) thick, stuffed then hollow, equal, even, 

 of the same colour as the pileus. Gills adnato-decurrent, about 

 2 mm. (1 lin.) broad, thin, crowded, pallid then rufescent. Milk 

 white then sulphur-yellow. 



Slowly acrid, inodorous. Var. B. pileus zoneless, dry, gills becoming 

 intensely yellow. Bolt. t. 9. 



In mixed woods. Frequent. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — 8eiov, brimstone ; yd\a, milk. From the sulphur-yellow milk. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. p. 170. Hym. Eur. p. 432. Berk. Out. p. 206. C. Hbk. n. 

 603. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 570. Ag. Bull. t. $67./. 2. Krombh. t. x.f. 23, 24. 

 Barla t. 20. f. 14-16. Paul. t. 71. 



29. L. vietus Fr.— Pileus 4-6 cent. (1K-2K in-) broad, flesh- 

 colour or livid-grey, becoming pale, somewhat papillate becoming 

 plane, then timbilicate, at length somewhat infundibuliform, 

 margin somewhat deflexed, even, smooth, at the first viscid, 

 opaque, slightly silky when dry; flesh whitish. Stem 4-6 mm. 

 (2-3 lin.) thick, attenuated upwards or somewhat equal, stuffed 

 then hollow, even, smooth, dry, somewhat of the same colour 

 as the pileus. Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, somewhat crowded, 

 somewhat flaccid, scarcely broader than 2 mm. (1 lin.), whitish. 

 Milk white then somewhat grey. 



Small, thin, soft, fragile, changeable in form. Slowly acrid, odour weak, 

 somewhat pungent. The gills become at length yellowish. 



In grassy woods. Stoke Poges. Glamis. Oct. 



Name — vietus, shrunken, withered. From its appearance. Fr. Monogr. 



