70 Lactarius Hygrophorus. 



when dry ; g. adnate, tinged pink ; s. 23 cm. pallid with a white 

 bloom ; milk white ; sp. 7 10. 



lateritioroseus, Karat. P. plano-depr. often subinfundib. and 

 irreg. granulose or squamulose especially near the edge, zoneless 

 or nearly so, pale brick-red with rosy tinge ; g. decur. pinkish ; s. 

 solid, colour of p., apex with white meal; milk scanty, white, 

 acrid ; sp. 9 10 x 8 9. 



Differs from Lact. Ulacinus in decur. g. and pileus not floccose. 



controversus, Pers. P. 7 12 cm. umbil. then infundib. whitish 

 with red spots or zones ; g. closely crowded, soon with flesh-coloured 

 tint ; s. 3 5 cm. white ; milk white ; sp. echin. 6 8. 



[viridis, Fr. P. depr. wavy, dry, green ; g. white tinged rufous ; 

 s. hollow, stout, base narrowed ; milk white ; sp. 8'5 x 6. 



[tabidus, Fr. P. submembranaceous, acutely umb., reddish 

 then pale, edge striate when moist ; s. subfistulose, pallid ; g. flaccid, 

 pallid ; milk ; sp. 8 x 45. 



Recognised by very thin, acutely umbonate p. ; owing to absence 

 of description of milk, position uncertain. 



[rutaceus, Lasch. P. subdepr. almost glabrous, opaque, reddish- 

 fawn ; g. subdecur. crowded, narrow, yellowish clay-colour. 



Smell like Ruta graveolens, taste bitter and of camphor. 



Stem excentric or lateral ; growing on wood. 



[Lateripes, Fr. P. white tinged rosy, subdimidiate ; g. crowded, 

 pallid ; s. lateral ; milk white, rather acrid. 



[hometi, Gill. P. lateral, fleshy, convex, pale yellowish ochre, 

 edge irreg. flesh white then violet ; g. slightly decur. narrowed at 

 both ends, pallid, spotted violet ; s. lateral, stout, colour of p. 



minimus, W. G. Sm. P. 1 cm. convex, subumb. excentric, 

 pallid tan ; g. subdecur. pallid ; s. 1 cm. solid, coloured like p. ; 

 milk abundant, white ; sp. 3 4. 



obliquus, Fr. Smell strong. P. 34 cm. thin, depr. oblique, 

 lobed, zoned greyish, silky; g. crowded; s. subexcentric, curved; 

 milk white ; sp. 5 6. 



HYGROPHORUS, Fr. 



I. LIMACIUM. Pileus viscid, stem also often so ; secondary 

 veil floccose, forming a ring or attached to edge of p. ; 

 s. squamulose, or scabrid at apex ; g. adnato-decur. 



* White or yellowish, 



[ligatus, Fr. White. P. convexo-plane, even ; g. thick, distant ; 

 s. long, fibrillose, apex naked, ring inferior, subappend. ; sp. 8 10 

 x 4 5. 



Sometimes tinged yellow, rarely spotted red. 



