2j6 AGARICACE^E Lactarius 



G. crowded, whitish, pale yellowish or pale salmon. Milk 

 watery-white. 



Taste mild, sweet then slightly acrid ; odour faint, sweetish. Woods, fir, 

 mossy places, swampy ground. Aug. -Oct. 3^ x i\ x § in. 



1286. L. tomentosus Cooke (from the woolly tomentose pileus) a b. 

 P. at first umbonate, then infundibuliform, dull salmon to deep 



sienna. St. stuffed to hollow, equal, naked, smooth, pallid or 



salmon above, ochreous below red-streaked at mid. G. yellow 



flesh-colour or ochre, or white-ochre near edge and red above. 



Milk whitish. 



Taste mild to slightly acrid ; odour pleasant. On the ground, damp places. 

 4^ X if X J in. Sometimes confused with 1285. 



1287. L. mammosus Fr. (from the papillate pileus ; mamma, a 



breast) a b. 

 P. convex to depressed, at first acutely umbonate, dry, grey- 

 fuscous or dull pale indigo-greenish, zoneless or faintly zoned ; 

 marg. white pubescent. St. stuffed to hollow, equal, pubescent, 

 faint yellowish or brownish. G. crowded, whitish or pale 

 yellowish to pallid ferruginous. Milk white. 



Taste slowly acrid ; odour none. Woods, pine, on the ground. Oct. 

 3j X 2| x I in. Var. monstrosus Cooke. Larger than type. 



1288. L. gTyeiosmus Fr. (from the sweet smell; Gr. glukus, sweet, 



osme, smell) a b c. 



P. convex to slightly depressed, acutely papillate, yellowish, 



shaded over with pale lavender-purple, zoned pale purplish. 



St. stuffed to hollow, pubescent, whitish or light yellowish, 



tawny when bruised. G. crowded, thin, white to straw- 



ochreous. Milk somewhat scanty, white, unchanging or 



changing to pale straw-green. 



Taste mild, then slowly acrid ; odour strong, pungent-sweet, fragrant- 

 aromatic. Woods mixed, chiefly pine, on the ground. Sept. -Nov. 

 2g X 2.\ X § in. 



1289. L. fuliginosus Fr. (from the smoky colour; fuligo, soot) a b c. 

 P. convex to subinfundibuliform, dry, full velvety ochreous- or 



smoky-brown ; marg. paler. St. stuffed, equal or attenuate 



downwards, white, tan or pale tan-umber. G. somewhat 



distant, white, then pale ochreous, pale indian-red when 



bruised. Milk white, sometimes watery, changing to rose and 



saffron. Flesh changing to vinous when cut. 



Probably poisonous. Taste mild, becoming very acrid-nauseous ; odour faint 

 nauseous-pungent. Shady woods; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 4^x2! XI in. 

 Often growing in company with 1267. 



1290. L. pieinus Fr. (from the black pileus ; pieinus, pitch-black) a b. 

 P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, minutely velvety, umber to 



blackish-umber. St. stuffed, equal, smooth, paler than P. or 

 almost white, brownish below. G. adnate, thin, very crowded, 

 pale ochreous to rufous tan. Milk white. 

 Taste acrid. Woods, pine, dried turfy swamps. Aug.-Oct. 2.\ x 2 x f in. 



