278 AGARICACE^E Lactarius 



as P. G. scarcely crowded, white to tan-yellow or ochreous. 

 Milk white, unchangeable. 

 Taste sweet ; odour strong. Woods. Oct. 2h X 2§ X J in. 



1297. L. serifluus Fr. (from the watery milk ; serum, whey, fluo, to 



flow) a b c. 



P. plane to depressed, dry, brown-tawny or orange-reddish, 



sometimes crimson-purplish, zoneless or with one faint zone. 



St. solid, yellowish, red-salmon or paler than P. G. crowded, 



colour as St., yellowish or ochre-brownish. Milk whitish, 



especially thin in examples from wet places. 



Taste almost mild ; odour disagreeable, bug-like. Woods, mixed, damp 

 places ; frequent. July-Nov. 3 X i\ X \ in. Resembling 193. 



1298. L. mitissimus Fr. (from its mild taste ; mitissi?mis, very 



mild) a b c. 

 P. convex to depressed, at first papillate, even, bright golden- 

 tawny or bright orange, zoneless or faintly zoned. St. stuffed 

 to hollow, even, smooth, colour as P. G. thin, paler than P., 

 often rufous-spotted. Milk copious, white. 



Taste mild to somewhat bitterish or slightly acrid-disagreeable. Woods, 

 mixed, pine, hedge-banks, etc. ; common. Aug. -Nov. 2 X 2f X r 3 5 in. 

 Like a small 1295. 



1299. L. subduleis Fr. (from the somewhat sweet taste ; duleis, 



sweet) a b c. 



P. convex to depressed, at first papillate, even, dry, rufescent or 



orange-sienna, usually zoneless. St. stuffed to hollow, equal, 



subpruinate, colour as P. G. crowded, colour as P., or paler. 



Flesh rufescent. Milk white. 



Taste mild or sweet, then slightly bitter-acrid ; odour none or like cedar- 

 wood. Woods, mixed, fir. July-Nov. 3 x 2 x \ in. Resembling 201. 

 Form concavus Fr. P. concavo-depressed ; colours of 1284. Form 

 sphagneti Fr. Marg. of P. reflexed, crenate, shining as if varnished, red-bay. 



1300. L. eamphoratus Fr. (from the strong odour, sometimes of 



camphor) a b c . 



P. convex to depressed, dry, brownish-red to sienna-orange, 



paler when young, somewhat zoned or zoneless. St. stuffed, 



equal, colour as P., paler above. G. yellow-reddish, paler 



than P., or salmon. Flesh somewhat ochre or sienna. Milk 



watery, white. 



Taste mild ; odour sometimes of melilot, permanent in dried examples. 

 Woods, chiefly pine ; frequent. Aug. -Nov. 2gX2|x \ in. Resembling 

 194. Var. Terrei Cooke. P. \ in. in diam. corrugate, depressed, bay- 

 brown. St. colour as P., clad with orange-down. 



1301. L. eimiearius Mass. (from the odour ; eimex, sl bug) a. 



P. convex to subinfundibuliform, deep sienna, shaded deep 



umber. St. stuffed to hollow, lighter than P., paler above. 



G. dusky ochre, sienna or rufous. Flesh grey to yellowish. 



Milk watery, white. 



Taste somewhat acrid ; odour when fresh, strong, heavy, oily, bug-like, 

 fugitive. Woods, on the ground. Autumn. 2 J x J§ X £ in. 



