274 AGARICACE^E Lactarms 



1214f. L. involutus Sopp. ex Cooke (from the involute margin of the 



pileus) a b. White or faintly ochreous. 



P. convex to slightly depressed, smooth, even ; marg. silky. 



St. solid, equal. G. very crowded, narrow, sometimes furcate. 



Milk white. 



Taste very acrid. Woods, on the ground. Autumn, if X i^ X | in. Very 

 firm and rigid as in 1272. 



Dapetes. 



1275. L. delieiosus Fr. (from its flavour when cooked) a b c. 



P. convex to infundibuliform, smooth, subviscid, dull orange- 

 yellow, zoned orange-sienna, sometimes clouded green. St. 

 stuffed to hollow, equal, colour as P., usually spotted orange- 

 reddish. G. crowded, saffron, green when bruised. Flesh 

 orange, becoming green when cut. Milk red-saffron, then green. 



Gregarious. Edible. Sometimes acrid when raw ; odour aromatic. Woods, 

 pine. July-Nov. 5 ; x 2^ x | in. This and 1295 are the "vegetable 

 sheeps-kidneys " of French cooks. The gills are often attacked by a reddish 

 parasitic fungus, Hypomyces lateritius. Epicoccum micropus grows upon 

 this species when decaying. The deep orange milk of this plant must 

 not be confounded with the sulphur-coloured milk of 1 280. 



1276. L. sanguifluus Fr. (from the blood-coloured milk; sanguis, 



blood, fluo, to flow) a b. 



P. convexo-depressed, smooth, sometimes zoned, blood-red. 



St. narrowed upwards, smooth, pallid. G. thin, white. Milk 



blood-red, changing to green. 



Taste mild. Oct. 2| X 2 X | in. Closely allied to 1275, but known by 

 its blood-red, not orange, milk. 



RUSSULARES. 



1277. L. pallidus Fr. (from its pale colour) a b c. Clay flesh-colour 



or dull buff-whitish. 



P. convex to depressed, smooth, zoneless. St. stuffed to hollow, 



equal, even, smooth. G. somewhat thin, crowded, slightly 



furcate. Milk white. 



Taste somewhat mild, almost sweet. Woods, beech, mixed ; uncommon. 

 Sept.-Oct. 4 x 2.\ X g in. 



1278. L. quietus Fr. (from its mild taste ; quietus, mild) a b c. 



P. convex to depressed, rich sienna, clouded, splashed and some- 

 what zoned darker. St. stuffed, smooth, rufescent or as P. 

 G. somewhat furcate at base, whitish to yellowish sienna. 

 Flesh white to rufescent. Milk white. 



Taste sweet, somewhat of walnuts ; odour oily, bug-like. Woods, moist ; 

 common. July-Nov. 4 x 2f x f in. Not unlike 202. 



1279. L. aurantiaeus Fr. (from the bright orange-coloured pileus 



and stem ; aurantiaeus, orange-coloured) a b. 



P. piano-depressed, even, zoneless. St. stuffed, smooth. 



G. crowded, very decurrent, paler than P. Milk white. 



Taste slowly acrid. Woods, on the ground amongst moss. Sept. 

 2* X 2 x I in. 



