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Clitocyhe, not rigid as in L. vellereus, Fr. The gills are pale 

 lemon colour with a shade of green ; stem short ; spores covered 

 with spines almost globular, 'OOOod in. diameter. — W. G. S. 



B. Dapefes — Stem central ; gills naked and milk aromatic, at 

 first acrid, then mild; gills becoming pallid. 



600. Lactazius deliciosus. Fr. " Delicious Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, umbilicate, viscid, zoned, smooth, rufous-orange, 

 growing pale; margin smooth ; stem stuffed, then hollow, rather 

 spotted; gills and milk at first saffron-red, then greenish. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 341. Fl. Dan. t. 1151. Schceff.t. 11. Kromhh.t. 11. 

 Lenz.f. 9. Letell t. 633. Vitt. Mang. t. 4:2. Cooke B.F. 1. 13. Sow. 

 t. 202. Huss. i. t. 67. Smith E.M.f. 11. Eng. Fl. x. p. 26. 

 Vent. t. 29,/. 3-4, t. 30, /. 1. Hogg ^' Johnst. t. 5. Trans. Woolh. 

 CI. 1867,^. 11. Badh.\. t. 6,/. 2-ii. t. 5,/. 4. Barla. t. 19. 



In fir woods. Sept. Oct. Esculent. [United States.] 



Gregarious, sometimes subcsespitose. Pileus 4 in. or more broad, zoned, 

 orange rufous, dull, as if there were the remains of a minute, very closely 

 pressed, dirty white web; hemispherical when young, in which state the 

 margin is decidedly involute and tomentose, at length expanded, depressed, 

 fleshy. The whole plant abounding with orange milk, and when bruised or 

 old, stained with green ; gills decurrent, from the first of the same colour as 

 the pileus, forked at the base, rather broad and distant; stem 3 in. high, 

 curved, stuffed, more or less hollow, scrobiculate, strigose at the base. Odour 

 and taste ag -eeable, but slightly acrid. — M. J. B. Spores echinulate, almost 

 round, "00025 in. diameter. 



C Eussulares — Gills discoloured, milk at first white. 



Sect. 1. Pileus at first viscid. 



601. Zaactarius pallidus. Fr. " Pallid Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, obtuse, depressed, smooth, viscid, zoneless, pallid ; 

 stem stuffed, then hollow, pruinose, white, then pallid ; milk 

 sweet, white. — Fr. Fpkr.2:>. 343. Kromhh. t. 56,/. 10-14. Paul. 

 t. 80 ? Ann. N.H. no. 705. Sauncl. ^ Sm. 1. 16. 



In woods. Bowood. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Stem 2 in. and more long, f in. thick, even, smooth. Pileus 3-6 in. broad, 

 pallid, piukish, pale clay-coloured, or tan-coloured. Margin broadly, and for 

 a long timeiuvolute. Flesh pallid. Gills subdecurrent, arcuate, broad (1|- 

 2 lin.), rather thin, crowded, somewhat branched, whitish, at length of the 

 colour of the pileus. Spores echinulate, almost round, diameter '0003 in. 



