26 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



flesli-colour, at length yellowisli ; stem 2-3 in. long, J in. 

 thick or more, equal, brick-red then pallid, everywhere 

 slightly pruinose, base downy, stuffed then hollow, firm; 

 spores subglobose, echinulate, 8-9 /a; milk white, scanty, 

 usually sweet. 



Lactarms liehus. Fries, Epicr., p. 347; Cke., Hdbk., p. 314; 

 Cke., lUustr., p. 994. 



Damp mossy places in woods. 



Frequently in swamps, the milk is then watery and not 

 coloured (like w^ater), but in the tj'pical form the milk is 

 Avhite and scanty; smell weak, rather sweet, taste usually 

 sweet. (Fries.) 



L. fomentosus differs in the naked stem. 



Lactarius (Russ.) tomentosus. Otto. 



Pileus 3 in. and more across, flesh thick, white then tinged 

 brown ; umbonate at first then depressed or infundibuliform, 

 downy, dingy flesh-colour, rufescent, or brownish ; gills 

 slightly decurrent, yellowish with a tinge of red, 1^2 lines 

 broad ; stem 2 in. long, h in. and more thick, erect, stuffed, 

 then hollow, pallid, naked, smooth ; milk w^hitish, mild ; 

 spores 8-9 /i. diameter. 



Lactarius tomentosus^ Otto, in Krombh., Schwamme, vi. p. 7 ; 

 Cke., lllustr., pL 1010; Cke., Hdbk., p. 314. 



On the ground in swamps, &c. 



Pileus woolly, milk white, slightly acrid. (Cooke.) 



Lactarms (Russ.) mammosus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick, acutely umbonate, 

 becoming depressed, dry, pale greenish-grey, not zoned, 

 covered with interwoven grey down ; gills adnate, crowded, 

 narrow, white, then tinged with brown ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 h in. and more thick, downy, pallid, often with a tinge of 

 pink, stuffed then hollow ; milk persistently white, slowly 

 becoming acrid ; spores 8-9 /x. 



Lactarius mammosus, Fries, Epicr., p. 347 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 314 ; Cke., Hlustr., pi. 995. 



In woods. 



Firm, inodorous. Stem pallid white, short, stout. Pileus 

 convex at first, acutely umbonate, umbo at length disappear- 

 ing, depressed, covered everywhere with depressed down, 

 about 2 in. across, greyish-fuscous, margin at first incurved 



