LACTARIUS. 1 1 1 



{i-iyi lin.) and more broad, thin, crowded, a little paler than the Lactarius. 

 pileus, most frequently stained with minute rufous spots. Milk 

 white, mild, plentiful. 



Thin ; very much allied to L. subdulcis, but distinguished by the taste being 

 mild then somewhat bitterish, and especially by the bright, golden-taw?iy, 

 resplendent colour of the pileus and stem. 



In mixed and pine woods. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores sphaeroid, echinulate, 6-7 mk. C.B.P. Name — mitis, mild. Very 

 mild in taste. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 180. Hym. Eur. p. 437. Sv. at I. Sv. t. 78. 

 Be?'k. Out. p. 208. C. Hbk. n. 610. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. sjj. Hoffm. Ic. t. 2. 

 Ag. Krombh. t. 39./. 19-20. 



42. L. subdulcis Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, rufes- 

 ce?it, zoneless, fleshy, thin, papillate, at length depressed, even, 

 smooth, dry. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, 4-8 mm. (2-4 

 lin.) thick, stuffed then hollow, equal, somewhat pruinate, of 

 the same colour as the pileus. Gills adnate, crowded, paler. 

 Milk somewhat mild, white. 



Inodorous. Slightly rigid. The colour is variable, rufous-cinnamon, bay- 

 brown-rufous, &c, but not becoming pale. Flesh rufescent, compact although 

 thin. Gills sometimes dark ferruginous-rufous, sometimes paler. All the 

 forms agree in the slender growth, in the pileus being even, smooth, dry, zoneless, 

 and, as well as the equal stem, rufescent, in the gills being somewhat rigid, 

 crowded, somewhat rufescent, in the taste being somewhat mild, and in the 

 milk being white, unchangeable. 



In woods, mixed and pine. Common. July-Nov. 



The substance of the stem is looser than in L. quietus. M.J.B. Spores 

 between papillose and echinulate, 7 mk. W.G.S. Name — sub, and dulcis, 

 sweet. Somewhat sweet in taste. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 180. Hym. Eur. p. 437. 

 Berk. Out. p. 208. C. Hbk. n. 611. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 578. Ag. Bull. t. 

 227. Sow. t. 204. Bolt. t. 3. Harz. t. 53. Barla t. 20. f. 4-10. Quel. t. 11. 

 f. 3. Lenz.f. 11. 



43. L. Terrei B. & Br. — Pileus 12 mm. {% in.) broad, bay- 

 brown, corrugated, depressed. Stem 18 mm. -2. 5 cent. (X _I i"-) 

 long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, hollow, thickened at the base, of the 

 same colour as the pileus, with orange down. Gills decurrent, 

 pallid. 



Csespitose. Odour sweet. Allied to L. subdulcis. 



On the ground. Stoke Poges, 1876. Nov. 

 Name — after Michael Terry. B. & Br. n. 1673. 



44. L. camphoratus Fr. — Pileus ^w/z-brick-red, somewhat 

 zoned, fleshy, thin, depressed, dry, smooth. Stem stuffed, some- 

 what undulated, of the same colour as the pileus. Gills adnate, 

 crowded, yellowish-brick-colour. Milk mild, white. 



