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Lactarius (Russ.) spinulosus. Quel. 



Pileus about Ih in. across, flesh rather thin, depressed, 

 umbo acute; clad, especially towards the margin with 

 minute erect spines, often zoned and spotted, flesh-colour, 

 brick-red, or rosy -lilac ; gills decurrent, narrow, thin, yellow 

 flesh-colour, at length yellowish; stem 1-1 ^ in. long, 2-3 

 lines thick, flexuous, rugose, granulated, fragile, shining, 

 coloured like the j)iiGus, then paler, hollow ; milk white, 

 peppery. ^ 



Lactarius spinulosus, Quelet, Champ. Korm., t. 8, f. 10 ; 

 Cke., lidbk., p. 316. 



On the ground. 



Var. violaceus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 316: Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 998b. 



Pileus rosy-violet, margin incurved; stem pale, almost 

 smooth, stufied. 



On the ground. The typical form has not occurred in 

 this country. 



*** Glahrati. 



Lactarius (Russ.) volemus. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh thick, white, often tinged with 

 brown under the cuticle, rigid ; jDlane or more or less de- 

 pressed, obtuse, dry, golden-tawny, at length becoming 

 minutely broken up with cracks ; gills decurrent, crowded, 

 2-3 lines broad, white then yellowish ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 up to 1 in. thick at the apex, even, coloured like the 

 pileus and slightly pruinose, solid ; milk copious, white, 

 unchangeable, mild ; spores 5-6 /x diameter. 



Lactarius volemus, Fries, Epicr., p. 344 ; Cke., Hdbk,, p. 

 316; Cke., Illustr., j)l. 999. 



In woods. 



Allied to L. quietus, but distinguished by the brighter 

 colour of pileus and stem, and white flesh. 



Stem stout, hard, solid, nearly equal or attenuated upward, 

 2-2|^ in. long, f-l^ in. thick, even, pruinose. Pileus com- 

 pact, rigid, obtuse, plano-convex, margin at first incurved, 

 at length depressed, 3 in. and more broad, even, becoming 

 rimosely rivulose, dry, and like the stem, rufous-tawny 



