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In pine woods, among heather ; rather common. 

 Broadstone. Colehill. Plantation S. of Daggon's 

 Road Station. Copse near Mt. Pleasant. 



Genus 13. LACTARIUS Fr. (Latin, lac, milk, from the 

 milky juice). Gills usually decurrent ; plant often 

 large, fleshy. 

 L. torminosus (Schaeff.) Fr. (Lat., causing colic). 



In woods ; rather common ; strawberry colour, 

 margin involute. Castle Hill Wood. Sutton 

 Holms. 



L. turpis Fr. (Lat., base, ugly ; from the dingy 

 colour). 



In woods, chiefly under birches ; not frequent. 

 Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle. Copse between Hyles' 

 and Birches Copse. 

 L. insulsus Fr. (Lat., tasteless). 



In woods and pastures ; like L. deliciosus, but 

 of paler colour ; rare. Sutton Holms. 

 L. blennius Fr. (Gr., slimy). 



On the ground in woods ; frequent. Castle Hill 

 Wood. Plantation near Cranborne. Belt on E. 

 side of St. Giles' Park. 



L. pyrogalus (Bull.) Fr. (Gr., fiery milk, from its acrid 

 taste). 



In woods ; livid grey, poisonous ; not frequent. 

 Plantation, Goatham. 



L. ehrysorrheus Fr. (Gr., gold-flowing, from the deep 

 yellow milky juice). 



In woods, chiefly under oaks ; milk very acrid, 

 white then golden-yellow ; rather common else- 

 where. Plantation S. of Daggon's Road Station. 

 Sutton Holms. 



L. vellereus Fr. (Lat., fleecy, from the downy pileus). 

 In woods ; said to be common in the New 

 Forest. Seen only on the Romford side of Birches 

 Copse. 



