Lactarius. 65 



camphoratus, Fr. Smell strong, pleasant. P. 3 5 cm. thin, 

 depr. dry, glabrous, reddish-brown, slightly zoned, rather wavy; g. 

 adnate, reddish-yellow ; s. 2 3 cm. subundulate, colour of p. ; milk 

 white ; sp. 8 9. 



Smell strong and fragrant, especially when dry. 



L. cimicarius has a very strong smell when quite fresh, but none 

 when dry. 



subumbonatus, Lindgr. P. 2 3 cm. thin, depr. subumb. rugose, 

 punctate, wavy, dusky cinnamon, flesh grey then yellowish ; g. adnate, 

 pinkish rufous ; s. 23 cm. stuffed, rufescent ; milk watery, whitish ; 

 sp. 56. (9, Sacc.) 



Smell foetid when dry. 



tomentosus, Otto. P. 5 7 cm. umb. then depr. or infundib. 

 downy, dingy flesh colour or brownish ; g. tinged reddish-yellow ; 

 8. 4 5 cm. soon hollow, pallid, naked, smooth ; milk white ; sp. 

 89. 



helvus, Fr. P. 59 cm. fragile, plane, subumb. pale brick red, 

 broken up into floccose squamules ; g. decurrent, soon ochraceous ; 

 s. 5 8 cm. brick red, pruinosely pubescent; milk scanty, white, 

 rather sweet ; sp. 8 9. 



L. tomentosus differs in the naked stem. 



squalidus, Kromb. P. 2 5 cm. umbil. pale greyish olive or 

 lurid ; g. narrow, yellowish ; s. 4 5 cm. solid, equal, glabrous, pale 

 brown ; milk whitish ; sp. 6 10. 



About size of L. pyrogalus, but gills narrow and milk mild. 



ligniotus, Fr. P. 4 7 cm. exp. umb. plicato-rugulose, pruin- 

 osely velvety, sooty umber; g. adnate, snow-white then tinged 

 ochre; s. 612 cm. colour of p., apex constricted and plicate; 

 milk white ; sp. echinulate, 9 10. 



Known by rugulose pileus and mild milk. 



Gills pallid. 



pallidus, Fr. P. 6 10 cm. umbil. viscid, pale ochraceous tan, 

 zoneless ; g. crowded, pallid, pruinose ; s. 3 5 cm. pallid tan, soon 

 hollow ; milk white ; sp. 9 10 x 7 8. 



cremor, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. soon plane, minutely punctate, tawny, 

 margin striate ; g. adnate, pallid ; s. 34 cm. hollow, coloured like 

 p. ; milk whitish, watery ; sp. 9 10. 



var. pauper, Karst. P. 7 cm. margin sulcate ; milk none ; 

 sp. 10. 



[mbrocinctus, Fr. P. plane, tawny then paler; g adnate, 

 pallid ; s. pallid with a pale red zone at the apex ; milk scanty, 

 white. 



