28 FUXGUS-FLOEA. 



ally "becoming thinner towards the margin, rather compact, 

 then soft, flattened, rather wavy, often irregular, margin 

 inflexed at first, then [spreading and wavy, at first even, 

 whitish-tan, zoneless, powdered with innate, sooty down, 

 rather velvety to the touch, hardish, somewhat shiny when 

 moist, at length naked, with a pellicle, here and there 

 slightly rugulose, livid-yellowish or fawn-colour with a 

 brick-red tinge, disc sometimes changing to brownish ; gills 

 at first rounded behind and adnexed, soon decurrent, 1-3 

 lines broad, rather thin, somewhat distant, white then 

 yellowish-ochre, branched and connected by veins; stem 

 about 3 in. long 3-5 lines thick, about equal, stuffed, even 

 or at length very slightly rugulose, glabrous, white, then 

 dingy, tan-colour, almost brick-red, or sooty ; spores pale 

 ochraceous, subglobose, minutely echinulate, 8-9 [x diameter ; 

 milk white, changing to saff"ron, mild at first, soon slightly 

 acrid. 



L act arius full ginosus, Fries, Epicr., p. 348; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 315 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 996. 



In woods. 



Eather firm, somewhat elastic ; the broken flesh with the 

 milk ranges from white, through rose-colour, to saff'ron; 

 taste mild at first, soon becoming acrid, but after a time, 

 and in adult specimens, sweet and pleasant. Milk some- 

 times persistently white, and at others thin and watery. 

 (Fries.) 



Lactarius (Russ.) picinus. Fr. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, flesh rather thin, firm, pallid, 

 convex then flattened, umbonate, orbicular, zoneless, dry, 

 even, everywhere downy or somewhat velvety at first, down 

 innate, not depressed or silky, then the disc becomes glabrous 

 and the surface quite unbroken (not rivulosely flocculose nor 

 squamulose), umber or blackish-umber ; gills adnate, very 

 much crowded, very thin, straight, plane, ochraceous ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, up to ^ in. thick, equal, even, glabrous, paler 

 than the pileus ; spores subglobose, pale ochraceous, minutely 

 echinulate, 9-10 /x diam. ; milk acrid, white, unchangeable. 



Lactarius picinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 348 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 997. 



In dried up turfy swamps under pines, &c. 



