68 Lactarius. 



[tithymalinus, Fr. P. umb. then convex, depr. dry, even, gla- 

 brous, not zoned, yellow, disc rufescent ; g. adnate, crowded, yellowish 

 then flesh-colour; s. glabrous, colour of p.; milk white, acrid. 



subdulcis, Fr. P. 3 6 cm. thin, at length depr. papillate, even, 

 glabrous, zoueless, bay or rufous cinnamon, not turning pale ; g. 

 adnate, paler than p. ; s. 3 5 cm. soon hollow, equal, rufescent, 

 slightly pruinose ; milk white, sweet at first then very slightly acrid ; 



var. concavus, Fr. P. rufous bay ; g. reddish, pruinose ; mild. 



var. sphagneti, Fr. P. shining, margin creuate; s. hollow, gla- 

 brous. 



Terrei, B. and Br. Caespitose. P. 1 2 cm. wrinkled, depr. 

 bay ; g. decur. pallid ; s. thickened at base, hollow, with orauge 

 down ; smell sweet. 



[rubescens, Bres. P. convexo-plane then depr. rarely subuinb. 

 polished, dry, edge at first incurved and white-pruinose, pinkish 

 brick-red then paler; g. crowded, pallid then pinkish-rufescent, 

 subdecur. ; s. colour of p. ; milk white, sparingly acrid ; sp. 7 8. 



cimicarius, Batsch. Smell unpleasant, oily. P. 2 4 cm. depr. 

 or infund. wavy, dark bay brown ; g. reddish ochre, subdecur. ; s. 

 2 3 cm. paler than p. ; milk white ; sp. 7 8. 



Smell strong, said to resemble bugs. 



obnubilus, Lasch. P. 2 3 cm. thin, convex, umbil. sooty 

 brown, slightly striate ; g. rather crowded, yellowish ; s. 3 4 cm. 

 stuffed, slender, paler than p. ; milk white ; sp. 8 9. 



var. crenatus, Mass. P. 3 5 cm. sooty brown, coarsely sulcate, 

 margin crenate. 



flexuosus, Fr. P. 7 12 cm. dry, depr. wavy, lead colour or 

 with lilac tinge, becoming squamulose ; g. thick, distant, yellow; 

 s. 5 8 cm. stout, solid, greyish ; milk white ; sp. 6 8. 



var. roseozonatus, Fr. P. rose colour, zones darker. 



Differs from L. Uennius in yellow gills. 



plumbeus, Fr. P. 8 14 cm. convex then infundib. dry, dull, 

 sooty then blackish brown ; g. crowded, tinged yellow ; s. solid, 

 equal, stout ; milk white, acrid ; sp. 6 8 x 4 6. 



[capsicoides, Fr. P. compact, convex-incurved, wavy, dry, 

 glabrous, not zoned, flesh-colour ; g. broad, crowded, whitish ; s. 

 solid, short, thick. 



Differs from L. flexuosus in broad, crowded, white g. 



[jecorinus, Fr. P. convex then plano-depr. rugulose with ele- 

 vated ridges, zoneless, viscid, reddish liver-colour ; g. distant, yellow ; 

 s. hollow, pallid ; milk white, acrid ; sp. 10. 



[crampylus, Fr. P. convex, umbil. everywhere rugulosely toinen- 

 tose, zoneless, sooty red, edge downy; g. yellow; s. greyish; milk 

 white, acrid. 



pannucius, Fr. P. piano-discoid, zoneless, glabrous, brick-red, 

 edge white-tomentose at first ; g. yellow ; s. elongated ; milk white, 

 acrid. 



