Lactarius. 63 



s. 5 7 cm. glabrous, dry: milk white soon becoming lilac- SD 

 echin. 810. 



Differs from L. uvidus in narrow gills. 



uvidus, Fr. P. 3 7 cm. thin, depr. zoneless, dingy tan ; g. 

 broad, white; s. 58 cm. viscid, pallid; milk white soon lilac- 

 sp. 9 10. (56 Sacc.) 



[flavidus, Bond. P. exp. viscid pale primrose yellow ; g. 

 whitish ; s. solid, white with yellow tinge ; milk white then deep 

 violet ; sp. 6 7. 



ff Milk sweet. 



[violascens, Fr. P. depr. glabrous, grey with darker zones; 

 g. white ; s. solid, greyish white ; milk violet. 



* * * Milk reddish, saffron, or brownish. 

 f Milk acrid. 



deliciosus, Fr: P. 7 12 cm. convex, umbiL dusky orange, 

 zoned; g. subdecurrent, orange; s. 3 6 cm. smooth; milk saffron 

 red ; sp. 9 10 x 7 8. Every part becoming red then greenish when 

 bruised ; sp. 710. Edible. 



[flammeolus, Fr. P. subumb. not zoned, flame coloured; g. 

 adnate, yellow; s. hollow, pale orange; milk reddish, slowly acrid. 



Differs from L. mitissimus in red milk. 



acris, Fr. P. 6 7 cm. soon infundib. viscid, sooty grey; g. 

 pale yellow ; s. often excentric, pallid, narrowed below ; milk white 

 then reddish ; sp. 8 9 x 6 8. 



fuliginosus, Fr. P. 4 9 cm. soon depr. obtuse, even, at first 

 with sooty- brown powder, then naked and greyish tan ; g. adnate, 

 white then tan ; s. 6 8 cm. stuffed, naked, greyish tan ; milk 

 and flesh white then reddish-yellow; sp. 8 9. 



Distinguished from allies by pileus not being velvety. 



[fuscus, Roll. Caespitose, scented. P. exp. and slightly depr. 

 round the umb. edge grooved, fibrillose or squamulose, sooty grey 

 or dingy violet, often zoned ; g. forked, pallid then ochre ; s. firm 

 ochre or tinged red, pruinose. 



[argematus, Fr. White. P. thin, exp. glabrous, edge even ; 

 g. adnate, crowded; s. stuffed, short, glabrous; milk slowly acrid, 

 white then rufescent. 



ft Milk mild. 



retispoms, Mass. P. 5 8 cm. depr. smoky brown, velvety, 

 radially rugulose, minutely velvety; g. deeply sinuate, pale ochre; 

 s. 3 5 cm. glabrous, paler than p. ; milk white then brown ; sp. 

 globose, 10 11, with a raised network. 



Close to L. ligniotm, differing especially in the spores. 



