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Lactarius deliciosus (Orange-milk Mushroom). 



Pileus smooth, fleshy, umbilicate, of a dull rufous 

 orange, turning pallid from exposure to light and air, 

 out zoned with concentric circles of a brighter hue ; 



Fig. 36 Lactarius deliciosus (Orange-milk Mushroom). Under fir- 

 ivoes, in autumn ; colour, brown-orange ; milk at first orange, then 

 green; diameter, 3 to 10 inches. 



margin smooth, at first involute, and then becoming ex- 

 panded ; from three to five inches across. Flesh firm 

 full of orange-red milk, which turns green on exposure 

 to the air, as does any part of the plant when bruised. 



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