214 AGARICINl. 



602. Lactarius quietus. Fr. " Mild reddish Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, depressed, obtuse, viscid at first, soon dry, grow- 

 ing pale, somewhat zoned, opaque, rufescent ; stem stufted, 

 smootli, of the same colour ; gills white, then reddish ; milk 

 mild, white. — Fr. Ejncr.p.diS. Kromh. t. 40,/. 1-9. Eng.Fl. 

 V. p. 27. 



In "woods. Sept. — Nov. 



Pileus 2 in. or more broad, opaque, rufescent, often slightly zoned, at first 

 deep liver-coloured, obtuse, at length depressed, smooth; the margin in- 

 curved, and delicately downy ; flesh firm, thick ; milk white, but sometimes 

 of a decided pale yellow ; gills pale rufescent, gradually becoming darker, 

 decurrent, forked at the base, rather numerous, and narrow ; stem 2 in. long, 

 ^-^ in. thick, thickest upwards, of the same texture and colour as the pileus ; 

 flesh firm, bearing a strong pressure without breaking, when old less firm, 

 but not ho'ilow. Mild ; odour oily and somewhat like that of bugs. — M. J.B. 

 Spores papillose, '00034 X 00024 in. 



603. Lactarius theiogalus. Fr. " Sulphur-juiced Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then depressed, viscid, smooth, reddish- 

 tawny; stem stuffed, even, of the same colour; gills thin, 

 crowded, reddish-yellow ; milk white, then sulphur-coloured, at 

 length acrid. — Fr.Epicr.p.^^2. Built. 567,/. 2. Kromhh. t.2, 

 f. 23, 24. Bolt. t. 9. Paul. t. 71. Jnn.N.H.no.704:. Barla. t. 

 20,/. 14-16. Smith. P.M.J. 20. 



In woods. [United States.] 



Stem 1-2 in. long, 2-4 lin. thick, even, of the same colour as the pileua. 

 Pileus 1^-21 in. broad. Margin more or less thin, viscid, shining when dry, 

 reddish-tawiiy. Gills adnato-decurrent, about 1 liu. broad, thin, crowded. 

 The milk does not assume so bright a yellow tint as in L. chrysorrhceus. 



604. Lactarius cyathula. Fr. " Cup-like Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, umbonate, at length depressed, 

 zoned, viscid, flesh-coloured, when dry rivulose, pallid, opaque ; 

 stem stuffed, equal, pallid; gills linear, narrow, crowded, white, 

 then yellowish-flesh colour ; milk acrid, white, unchangeable. — 

 Syst.Myc.p.QQ. B. ^ Br. Ann. N. Hist. 1865, wo. 1016. Krapf. 

 f.8,/. 8, 9. 



In w^oods. Aug. Aboyne. 



Pileus plane, at length depressed or infundibuliform, 1^-2 in. across, 

 opaque, slightly viscid, obtuse or obscurely umbonate, somewhat zoned, of 

 a pallid flesh colour ; stem spongy, stuff"ed, 14-2 in. high, g in. tl.ick, nearly 

 equal, at length compressed, shining, with a silky aspect; gills narrow, 

 crowded, of a yellowish-flesh colour, sub-decurrent ; milk white, not change- 

 able, at length acrid j smell somewhat like that of bugs. — B. <kBr. 



