270 AGARICACE^E Lactarius 



b. Li marina. 



1254. L. insulsus Fr. (from its indifferent resemblance to 1276 ; 



insulsus, insipid) a b c. 



P. umbilicate then deeply infundibuliform, rigid, smooth, yellow 

 or orange ; mid. sienna-yellow, usually zoned, spotty-pale- 

 sienna. St. solid to hollow, whitish or faint yellowish. G. 

 decurrent, very crowded, forked at base, colour as St. Milk 

 white. 



Taste acrid. Mixed woods and their borders, pastures ; common. Aug.- 

 Oct. 3§ X \\ X £ in. Pileus sometimes 7 in. in diam. 



1255. L. zonarius Fr. (from the zoned pileus) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, depressed, even, smooth, 4- to 7-zoned near the 



minutely ruguloso-flocculose marg., pallid orange or pale 



yellowish ; mid. sometimes umber. St. solid, smooth, dry, 



white then yellowish. G. thin, subcrowded, branched, whitish 



to dull yellowish, dingy when bruised. Milk white. 



Taste very acrid, strong, disagreeable. Woods and their borders, grassy 

 places; rare. Aug .-Oct. 4^ X if X £ in. 



1256. L. utilis Fr. (from its edible qualities ; utilis, useful) a. 



P. convexo-plane, obtuse, then infundibuliform, even, smooth, 



tan, pale dull ochre or livid. St. solid to hollow, even, colour 



as P. G. adnate, crowded, pallid. Milk white. 



Highly esteemed as an esculent in Russia. Taste mild to slightly acrid. 

 Woods, on the ground. Autumn. 5§ X 2 x ij in. Sometimes olive 

 shaded. 



1257. L. blennius Fr. (from the slimy pileus ; Gr. blennos, mucus) 



a b c. 

 P. piano-depressed, pallid olivaceous, aeruginous-grey or indigo- 

 sepia, shining with gluten ; mid. dark • marg. at first slightly 

 downy. St. stuffed to hollow, subequal or attenuate down- 

 wards, even, viscid, pallid above, pallid grey or pale slate. G. 

 thin, crowded, white, cinerous when bruised. Milk white. 



Poisonous. Taste very acrid. Woods, beech, fields near woods, on the 

 ground, rarely on trunks ; common. July-Nov. 3§ x \\ X £ in. 



1258. L. hysginus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus ; Gr. husginon, 



a crimson dye) a b c. 

 P. umbilicate, depressed, plane, even, red flesh-colour, reddish- 

 brown or dark brownish sienna-salmon, somewhat zoned pale 

 umber. St. solid to hollow, attenuate downwards, smooth, 

 warm sienna-yellowish, somewhat spotted. G. thin, crowded, 

 white to primrose or yellow-ochreous. Milk white. 



Suspected poisonous. Taste acrid. Woods, under beech, amongst grass ; 

 rare. Aug.-Nov. 2§ x 2 x J in. 



1259. L. trivialis Fr. (from its commonness ; trivialis, common) 



a b c. 

 P. convex, sometimes umbonate, then depressed and infundibuli- 

 form, even, smooth, zoneless, tan-umber-lavender, dull orange- 



