LACTAEIUS. 15 



Among moss, &c. ; in damp woods. 



About the size of L, pyrogalus, but differs in the narrow- 

 yellow gills and mild milk. 



Lactarius (Piper.) capsicum. Schulz. 



Pileus l|-3 in. across, flesh thick, firm, with a yellow 

 tinge, and changing to pale brown when cut ; convex, obtuse 

 or slightly gibbous, dry, even, deep chestnut-colour ; margin 

 strongly incurved ; gills slightly decurrent, about 1 line 

 broad, rather crowded, pale tawny with a golden tinge; 

 stem about 2 in. long, ^ in. thick or more, whitish, striate 

 with tawny or rufous fibrils, solid, firm ; milk white, acrid ; 

 spores globose, 6 p. diameter. 



Lactarius capsicum, Schulzer in Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 428 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 309 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 977. 



On the ground under birches, &c. 



Readily distinguished by the deep chestnut- coloured pilous 

 and the flesh becoming brownish when broken. 



Lactarius (Piper.) chrysorrheus. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh thick at the centre, becom- 

 ing thin towards the margin, firm, white, tinged yellow when 

 broken; umbilicate then depressed or infundibuliform, pale 

 yellowish flesh-colour, ornamented with darker indistinct 

 zones or spots ; gills decurrent, thin, crowded, dingy yel- 

 lowish; stem about 1| in. long, and in. thick, equal, even, 

 white, stuffed then hollow; milk very acrid, white then 

 gold en -yellow ; spores 6-7 p. diameter. 



Lactarius chrysorrheus, Fries, Epior., p. 342 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 984; Cke., Hdbk., p. 310. 



In woods. 



Distinguished among the species having yellow milk by 

 the deep golden-yellow colour of the milk, which in all 

 others is pale primrose yellow, and the pale yellow pink or 

 apricot-coloured pileus. 



Lactarius (Piper.) acris. Fr. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, flesh rather thick, firm, white, 

 irregular, often excentric, or one side emarginate, at first 

 convex then plane, at length obliquely infundibuliform, more 

 moist than viscid, scarcely zoned, but usually spotted, sooty- 

 grey, darker or paler ; gills slightly decurrent, thin, rather 



