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incurved and downy; gills slightly decurrent, crowded, 

 narrow, whitish or with an ochraceous tinge ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, up to 1 in. thick at the apex, where it expands into 

 the thick flesh of the pileus, often attenuated at the base, 

 viscid, coloured like the stem or paler, soon hollow ; milk 

 persistently white, very acrid ; spores subglobose, 7-8 x 6 p. 



Lactarius blennins, Fries, Epicr., p. 337 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 308 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 988. 



In woods, on the ground, very rarely on trunks. 



L. turpis somewhat resembles the present species, but 

 differs in the darker olive-brown pileus and the yellow down 

 on the incurved margin, especially when young. 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad, fleshy, rarely subzonate, convex, the 

 margin generally involute and adpresso-tomentose (quite 

 smooth, Fr.) ; at length more or less depressed, dull cine- 

 reous green, at first viscid ; more or less pitted. Milk white, 

 not changeable. Gills rather narrow, pale ochraceous, 

 scarcely forked, not connected by veins. Stem 1 in. long, 

 J-| in. thick, paler than the pileus, attenuated down- 

 wards, obtuse, smooth, at length hollow, sometimes pitted, 

 Very acrid. (Berk.) 



Lactarius (Piper.) hysgirms. Fr. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh white, rigid, rather thin, 

 flattened, umbilicate, margin thin, incurved, even, viscid, 

 reddish flesh-colour or brownish-red, zoneless or slightly 

 zoned, often shining; gills very slightly decurrent, thin, 

 crowded, 1-2 lines broad, white then yellowish-ochre, but 

 not pruinose; stem 2-4 in. long, | 1 in. thick, glabrous, 

 roughened with small points or somewhat spotted, stuffed 

 then hollow, often inflated and constricted at the apex ; 

 milk acrid, white, unchangeable ; spores verruculose, 

 10 X 7-8 p.. 



Lactarius hysginus, Fries, Epicr., p. 337 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 308 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 989. 



Among grass in woods, &c. 



Eigidly fragile, fleshy-red, pileus rather slender, somewhat 

 wavy ; milk white, unchangeable, taste acrid. (Fries.) 



Lactarius (Piper.) trivialis. Fr. 



Pileus 4-8 in. across, fleshy, rigid and fragile, convex, 

 soon depressed, at length infundibuliform, margin at first 



