102 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BEITISH FUNGI. 



(103.) LACTARIUS PIPERATUS ; The Peppery Lactar. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. Scattered. 



Seaso7i. July to October. Common. 



Piletis. Two to six inches across, white, browning or blackening 

 where bruised, sub-farinose, glabrous, umbilicate, then infundibuli- 

 forni, sub-rugulose. Margin involute, then undulate. 



Stem. One to three inches high, white, thick, farinose, cylin- 

 drical, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, blackening, thick, compact, brittle. Milk 

 white, not copious. Stem solid, spongy, becoming fissured. Gills 

 creamy, or faintly glaucous, bi-owning where bruised, numerous, 

 straight, narrow, close, nnequal, furcate, adnate, or sub-decurrent. 

 Odour slight, unpleasant. Taste very peppery. Spores white. 



06,5. It is much eaten on the Continent. Badham pronounced it esculent, 

 but Cooke calls it poisonous ! I find it difficult to remove the acridity, even of 

 young individuals. — W. D. II. 



(104.) LACTARIUS aUIETUS ; The Modest Lactar. 



Habitat. In woods. Singly, or in twos and threes. 



Season. September to November. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, liver-brown, at length pale 

 red, slightly zoned, viscid at first, then dry, smooth ; rounded, 

 plane, then umbilicate. Margin pale, incurved, pubescent. 



Stem. Two inches high, tint of pileus, thick above, firm, cylin- 

 drical, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, compact. Milk white. Stem stuffed, 

 spongy. Gills at first whitish, soon reddish, unequal, numerous, 

 narrow, forked below, sub-decurrent. Odour faint, like bugs. 

 Taste mild. Spores white. 



Obs. Eaten about Bordeaux, and held in some estimation. Its scent has 

 repelled me from trying it. — W. D. II. 



(105.) LACTARIUS SUBDULCIS ; The Sweet-milk. 



Habitat. In woods. Scattered. 



Season. July to November. Common. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, tawny or cinnamon, smooth, 

 dry, polished ; convex, soon umbilicate, with central papilla. 

 Margin even, at length undulate. 



Stem. One to two inches high, tint of pileus, pale, not thick, 

 equal, sub-pruinosc, naked. 



