LACTARIUS. 21 



I in. thick, equal, smooth, coloured like the pileus or paler, 

 firm, stuffed but soon hollow ; milk white, unchangeable, 

 mild ; spores 9-10 x 7-8 /^. 



Ladarius pallidiis, Fries, Epicr., p. 343 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 1007; Cke., Hdbk., p. 312. 



In woods, especially beech. 



Large, texture loose, size of L. deliciosus, but pallid tan- 

 colour, taste almost sweet. Stem somewhat equal, stuffed 

 then hollow, 2 in. and more long, about f in. thick, even, 

 glabrous ; pileus fleshy, convex, umbilicate, depressed, 

 obtuse, margin broadly and for a long time involute, 3-6 in. 

 across, glabrous, viscid, not zoned and like the stem pallid 

 flesh or clay-colour ; flesh pallid, milk white, unchangeable. 

 Gills somewhat decurrent, arcuate, lh-2 lines broad, rather 

 thin, crowded, somewhat branched, whitish then the colour 

 of the pileus. There is a form with the pileus becoming 

 tinged with fuscous. (Fries.) 



Lactarius (Russ.) quietus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh soft, rather thick, white at first, 

 but soon becoming reddish, as does also that of the stem ; 

 obtuse, depressed, often more or less waved or irregular, 

 viscid at first then dry and somewhat silk}^ dark reddish 

 cinnamon, becoming pale, indistinctly zoned,, opaque ; gills 

 slightly decurrent, somewhat forked, white then pale brick- 

 red ; stem about 2-3 in. long and J in. thick, glabrous, 

 reddish-cinnamon, base darker as a rule, stuffed ; milk white, 

 unchangeable, mild; spores echinulate, 8-10 x 6-7 /x. 



Lactarius quietus, Fries, Epicr., p. 343 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 312 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 983. 



In woods, &c. 



Showy, soft, large, not truly stout and fleshy as in 

 L. pallidus, from which it is very distinct. Stem stuffed, 

 spongy, 2-3 in. long, ^ in. and more thick, glabrous, be- 

 coming rufescent and at length pretty rubiginous; pileus 

 fleshy, depressed, obtuse, margin deflexed, 3 in. broad, 

 glabrous, at first viscid, cinnamon flesh-colour, disc darker, 

 slightly zoned, soon dry, opaque, becoming pale like the gills 

 in colour; flesh white, becoming tinged rufescent, milk 

 white, sweet, unchangeable. Gills adnato-decurrent, some- 



