22 PUNGUS-FLOEA. 



what forked behind, 1^-2 lines broad, white, soon brick-red 

 with a rufous tinge. (Fries.) 



Margin of pileus delicately downy ; stem bearing strong 

 pressure without breaking, when old less firm. Odour oily, 

 and somewhat like that of bugs. (Berk,) 



Pileus 2 in. or more broad, opaque, rufescent, often slightly 

 zoned, at first deep liver-coloured, obtuse, at length de- 

 pressed, smooth, the margin incurved and delicately downy, 

 Plesh thick, firm ; milk white, but sometimes of a decided 

 but pale yellow, the plant differing in no other respect. 

 Gills pale rufescent, gradually becoming darker, decurrent, 

 forked at the base, rather numerous, and narrow. Spores 

 white, round. Stem 2 in, long, -^-J in, thick, thickest 

 ■upwards, of the same texture and colour as the pileus ; flesh 

 firm, bearing a strong pressure without breaking, when old 

 less firm but not hollow, mild; odour oily and sometimes 

 like that of bugs, (Berk.) 



Lactarius (Russ.) aurantiaeus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2^ in. across, convex then plane or depressed, 

 even, glabrous, rather viscid when moist, not zoned, golden 

 orange, not changing colour; flesh pallid; gills distinctly 

 decurrent ; thin, crowded, yellowish then oohraceous ; stem 

 stuffed up to 3 in. long and ^ in. thick, equal, even, glabrous, 

 coloured like the pileus; milk white, acrid; spores sub- 

 globose, echinulate, about 9 /* diameter. 



Lactarius aurantiaeus, Fries, Bpicr., p. 343 ; Cke., lUustr,, 

 pi. 1099. 



In woods among moss, &c. 



Eemarkable for the very decurrent gills, L. volemus differs 

 from the present species in being much larger and more 

 robust, mealy, stem, very slightly decurrent gills and 

 rivulose pileus, L. mitissimus differs in the milk being 

 sweet, tod the very slightly adnate gills. L. theogalus differs 

 in the milk becoming yellow, 



Lactarius (Rusa .) the.iogalu s. Bull. 

 Pileus 1}-2|^ inTacross, convex when young, then de- 

 pressed, the centre at length infundibuliform, the thin 

 margin more or less bent down, even, glabrous, viscid. 



