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gills slightly decurrent, crowded, yellowish, 1-1^ lino broad; 

 stem 1— If in. long, 2-3 lines thick, rather curved near the 

 base, coloured like the pilens or paler, solid ; milk scanty, 

 rather insipid, the colour of serum or whey ; spores subglo- 

 bose, echinulate, 7-8 fx. 



Lactarius serifcuus, Fries, Epicr., p. 34:5 ; Cke., IIdbk.> 

 p. 317; Cke., Illustr., 1012. 



In damp places on the ground. 



Allied to L. suhdulcis, but is altogether smaller and more 

 slender, stem solid, and smaller spores. Fries states that 

 the milk is dilute and watery when growing in damp places. 



Lactarius (Russ.) mitissimus. Fr. 



Pilens 1-3 in. across, flesh thin, rather rigid; convex and 

 papillate then depressed, and the papilla usually disappear- 

 ing, glabrous, rather glutinous when moist, not zoned, bright 

 tawny-orange, shining ; flesh pallid ; gills slightly decurrent, 

 slightly arcuate then straight, 1-1 ^ line broad, thin, crowded, 

 a little paler than the pileus, often stained with small 

 brownish spots ; stem 1-3 in. long, ^-^ in. thick, even, 

 glabrous, coloured like the pileus, stuffed then hollow ; 

 spores 6-8 X 5-6 fx ; milk white, unchangeable, mild. 



Lactarius mitissimus, Fries, Epicr., p. 345; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 317; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1001. 



In woods, &c. 



Slender ; closely allied to L. suhdulcis, distinguished by 

 the copious white milk, sweet, then slightly acrid, and espe- 

 cially by the bright, shining, golden-tawny colour of the 

 pileus and stem. (Fries.) 



L. aurantiacus differs in having acrid milk. 



Lactarius (Russ.) subdulcis. Fr. 



Pileus J-2J in. across, flesh thin, papillate, at length de- 

 pressed, even, glabrous, zoneless, rufous-cinnamon or bay 

 when dry; gills adnate, paler than the pileus, crowded, 

 about lJ-2 lines broad; stem more or less rufous, lJ-2 in. 

 long, stuffed then hollow, minutely pruinose ; milk white, not 

 changing colour, at first sweet, then with a trace of acridity ;. 

 spores globose, rough, 10 /x diameter. 



Lactarius suhdulcis, Fries, Epicr., p. 345 ; Cke., Hdbk 

 p. 317; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1002. 



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