2/4 AGARICACE^E Lactarius 



1274. L. involutus Sopp. ex Cooke (from the involute margin of the 



pileus) a b. White or faintly ochreous. 

 P. convex to slightly depressed, smooth, even; marg. silky. 



St. solid, equal. G. very crowded, narrow, sometimes furcate. 



Milk white. 

 Taste very acrid. Woods, on the ground. Autumn. if X i& X J in. Very 



firm and rigid as in 1272. 



DAPETES. 



1275. L. delieiosus Fr. (from its flavour when cooked) a b c. 



P. convex to infundibuliform, smooth, subviscid, dull orange- 

 yellow, zoned orange-sienna, sometimes clouded green. St. 

 stuffed to hollow, equal, colour as P., usually spotted orange- 

 reddish. G. crowded, saffron, green when bruised. Flesh 

 orange, becoming green when cut. Milk red-saffron, then green. 



Gregarious. Edible. Sometimes acrid when raw ; odour aromatic. Woods, 

 pine. July-Nov. 5*x 2^ x in. This and 1295 are the "vegetable 

 sheeps-iudneys " of French cooks. The gills are often attacked by a reddish 

 parasitic fungus, Hypomyces lateritius. Epicocciim micropus grows upon 

 this species when decaying. The deep orange milk of this plant must 

 not be confounded with the sulphur-coloured milk of 1 280. 



1276. L. sangutfluus Fr. (from the blood-coloured milk; sanguis, 



blood, fluo, to flow) a b. 

 P. convexo-depressed, smooth, sometimes zoned, blood-red. 



St. narrowed upwards, smooth, pallid. G. thin, white. Milk 



blood-red, changing to green. 

 Taste mild. Oct. 2% X 2 x f in. Closely allied to 1275, but known by 



its blood-red, not orange, milk. 



RUSSULARES. 



1277. L. pallidus Fr. (from its pale colour) a b c. Clay flesh-colour 



or dull buff-whitish. 

 P. convex to depressed, smooth, zoneless. St. stuffed to hollow, 



equal, even, smooth. G. somewhat thin, crowded, slightly 



furcate. Milk white. 

 Taste somewhat mild, almost sweet. Woods, beech, mixed ; uncommon. 



Sept.-Oct. 4 x 2j x in. 



1278. L. quietus Fr. (from its mild taste ; quietus, mild) a b c. 



P. convex to depressed, rich sienna, clouded, splashed and some- 

 what zoned darker. St. stuffed, smooth, rufescent or as P. 

 G. somewhat furcate at base, whitish to yellowish sienna. 

 Flesh white to rufescent. Milk white. 



Taste sweet, somewhat of walnuts ; odour oily, bug-like. Woods, moist ; 

 common. July-Nov. 4 X 2 X f in. Not unlike 202. 



1279. L. aurantiaeus Fr. (from the bright orange-coloured pileus 



and stem ; aurantiaeus^ orange-coloured) a b. 

 P. piano-depressed, even, zoneless. St. stuffed, smooth. 



G. crowded, very decurrent, paler than P. Milk white. 

 Taste slowly acrid. Woods, on the ground amongst moss. Sept. 



2 x 2 X f in. 



