Lactarius AGARICACE^E 277 



1291. L. lignyotus Fr. (from the woody substance ; lignum, wood, 



Gr. ous, an ear) a. 



P. convex to subinfundibuliform, umbonate, plicato-rugulose, 



velvety, deep umber-purplish or opaque sooty-umber. St. solid 



to stuffed, equal, striate above, colour as P., yellowish or 



whitish at base. G. adnexed to decurrent, somewhat crowded, 



whitish or yellowish, reddish when bruised. Flesh white, 



changing to ochreous, saffron and ferruginous. Milk white, 



scanty, changing through reddish to saffron. 



Poisonous. Taste mild, sweet, pleasant ; odour slight. Amongst moss, in 

 damp places under firs, beech. Oct. 3J x 3 X \ in. 



1292. L. lilaeinus Fr. (from the lilac pileus) a b. Fragile. 



P. convex to depressed, papillate, floccose, rosy-lilac, zoneless ; 

 marg. tan. St. stuffed to hollow, pale yellowish-brown or dull 

 rose, lilac-shaded, or as P., white mealy. G. subdistant, 

 pallid flesh-colour or yellowish-white. Milk white, copious. 



Taste acrid. Woods, damp places. Aug. -Oct. 7.\ x \\ X \ in. 



1293. L. retisporus Mass. (from the reticulate spores) a b. 



P. convex, then plane and depressed, minutely velvety, dark 

 smoky-brown. St. equal, solid, even, glabrous, paler than P. 

 or pale sepia or greyish. G. subdistant, deeply sinuate, 

 slightly adnexed, pale ochreous with darker spots. Flesh dull 

 yellowish or whitish-salmon, becoming reddish when cut. 

 Milk sweet, white, changing to brown and becoming thick and 

 tenacious. 



Under beeches, on the ground. Sept. 3I x 2.\ x § in. 



1294. L. spinosulus Quel, (from the spines on the pileus ; sftinosulus, 



full of little spines) a. 

 P. convex to depressed, acutely umbonate, clad with minute, 



erect spines, brick-red to rosy-lilac, often zoned and spotted. 



St. stuffed to hollow, rugose, granulate, shining, colour as P. 



G. thin, yellowish flesh-colour to yellowish. Milk white. 

 Taste acrid. On the ground. Sept. ih X I J X ^ in. 



1295. L. volemus Fr. (from its resemblance to a certain large pear — 



the " Red Warden " or baking-pear — volema-pira) a b c. 



P. plano-convex to subdepressed, compact, bright rufous-tawny 



or golden, becoming pale ; mid. deep-sienna, zoneless. St. 



solid to stuffed, equal, pruinose, colour as P. G. thin, 



crowded, white to yellowish or yellow, orange-umber when 



wounded. Milk white, sometimes changing to yellow. 



Edible. Taste sweet, pleasant when raw. Woods, mixed. Oct. 

 4^ X 4 X \h in. The "Golden Brotling " of Germany and Hungary. 

 With 1275 the " vegetable sheeps-kidneys " of French cooks. 



1296. L. iehoratus Fr. (from the watery milk ; Gr. ichor, lymph) a b. 

 P. plane to depressed, dry, tawny-reddish ; mid. brown-sienna ; 



marg. sienna-yellow, sometimes zoned. St. solid, equal, colour 



