478 RUSSULA. LACTARIUS 



depressed, umbonate, polished ; margin thin, at length slightly striate 

 with age. St. 5-11 x 12-5 cm., white, equal, firm. Gills yellowish, 

 adnate, equal, rounded at the apex. Flesh white, brownish, or pur- 

 plish under the cuticle. Spores pale ochraceous, globose, 9-lOju, echinu- 

 late. Taste mild. Coniferous woods, and under conifers. Aug. Oct. 

 Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1562. R. lutea (Huds.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 1051, t. 1082. 



Lutea, golden yellow. 



P. 2-5 cm., yellow, at length becoming pale, and occasionally wholly 

 white, convex, then plane, or piano-depressed, thin, viscid; margin 

 sometimes obsoletely striate when old. St. 2-4 cm. x 6-8 mm., white, 

 equal, fragile. Gills ochraceous egg-yellow, somewhat free, connected 

 by veins, crowded, equal, thin. Flesh white. Spores ochraceous, globose, 

 8-9 p., echinulate. Cystidia "clavate, 45-50 x 10-12/z, with a blunt 

 apex" Rick. Smell pleasant, like apricots. Taste mild. Edible. 

 Woods, and lawns. July Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



var. armeniaca (Cke.) Rea. Cke. Illus. no. 1045, t. 1064, as Russula 

 armeniaca Cke. 



Armeniaca, of Armenia, the native country of the apricot. 

 Differs from the type only in the rich apricot colour of the pileus. 

 Woods, and lawns. July Oct. Common, (v.v.) 



var. vitellina (Pers.) Bataille. Cke. Illus. no. 1052, t. 1102, fig. B, as 



Russula vitellina (Pers.) Fr. Vitellina, egg-yellow. 



Differs from the type in the egg-yellow colour, and tuberculately 



striate margin of the pileus, the distant, saffron yellow gills, and the 



strong unpleasant smell. Coniferous woods, and under conifers. Aug. 



Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



R. Turci Bres. 1 



Latex milk-white, or coloured, rarely like serum. 



Lactarius Fr. 



(Lac, milk.) 



Pileus fleshy, regular. Stem central, rarely excentric, fleshy. Gills 

 adnate, or decurrent, somewhat rigid, milky, acute at the edge. 

 Spores white, or yellowish, rarely pinkish in the mass; globose, sub- 

 globose, or elliptical, echinulate, verrucose, punctate, or reticulate; 

 continuous. Cystidia present, or absent. Growing on the ground, 

 more rarely on wood; solitary, or caespitose. 



1 Bres. refers Cke.'s Illus. no. 1199, t. 1147, Russula nauseosa Fr. to this 

 species. There is no other British record of its occurrence. 



