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Sect, 2. Pileus dry. 



605. Iiactaiius rufus. Fr. " Eed Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, umbonate, at length infundibiiliform, dry, floc- 

 culose, then becoming smooth, shining, zoneless, dark-rufous ; 

 stem stuffed, rufescent; gills crowded, ochraceous then rufous, 

 milk white, very acrid. — Fr. Epicr.p. 347. Lenz.f. 11. Krombh. 

 t. 39,/. 12-15. Paul. t. 69, bis. Huss. i. 1. 15. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 28. 

 Smith. P.M. f. 12. 



In fir woods. Sept. 



Pileus 3 in. broad, plano-convex, slightly or strongly umbonate, witb a 

 depression round the umbo as the plant advances, deep rufescent, adpresso- 

 tomentose, the margin slightly turned in and sub-striate, fleshy, firm, not 

 very brittle nor zoned; milk white, insupportably acrid, not changeable; 

 gills at first pale, then slightly rufescent, decurrent, here and there forked. 

 Stem 2| in. high, ^ in, thick, nearly equal, obtuse, firm, bearing a strong 

 pressure, rufescent, but hoary or mealy, turning b^o^Yn when bruised, some- 

 what stuSed, at length partly hollow, base downy. — J/. /. B. SiDores scarcely 

 echinulate, almost round, diameter "00024 in. 



606. Lactarius glyciosmus. Ft: " Scented Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convexo-plane, somewhat umbonate, dry, 

 squamulose, lurid, opaque ; stem stuffed, thin, pubescent, pallid; 

 gills crowded, yellowish-ochre; milk acrid, white. — Fr. Epicr.p. 

 848. Eng.Fl.Y.p.2'^. Kro7nbh.t. 3d, f. 16-18. 



In fir woods. Sept. Oct. 



Pileus 1-3 in. broad, more or less plane, often umbonate, various in colour, 

 lurid-brown, brick-red, flesh-colour, or rufous, known by its peculiar scent, 

 brittle. Gills narrow, opaque, pale when young ; milk white, at length acrid. 

 Stem 1| in. long, 3-4 lines broad, — Eng.Fl. 



607. Iiactarius sexifluus. Fr. " Thin-juiced Lactarius." 



Pileus fieshy, plane, then depressed, sub-flexuose, dry, smooth, 

 zoneless, brownish-tawny ; margin inflexed ; stem solid, equal, 

 rather incurved, paler, turning yellowish, as well as the crowded 

 gills; milk sparing, colour of serum. — Fr. Epicr.p. Mo. Krombh. 

 t. 40,/: 15, 16. Berk. Outl. 1. 13,/. 4. 



In woods. Common. 



Milk of a watery white* 



Sect. 3. Pileus at first yelvety. 



608. Lactarius fuligiziosus. Fr. " Dingy Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, depressed, obtuse, very dry, zoneless, at first 

 clouded with a dingy bloom, then naked, cinereous tan-colouredj 



