34 FUNGIIS-FLOEj\. 



In woods. 



Pileus bay, rufous, omnamoB, &c., not becoming pale. 

 Gills sometimes dark rusty-rafous, sometimes pale. Flesh 

 ■with, a rufous tinge, compact, thin. (Fries.) 



Variable. All the forms agree in being slender, stem 

 equal, even, glabrous; pileus even, glabrous, dry, znrcless, 

 rufescent ; gills rather rigid, crowded, somewhat rufesccnt ; 

 taste almost mild : milk white, unchangeable. 



Typical form. In woods. Stem stuffed then hollow, 1-2 in. 

 long, 2-4 lines thick,' somewhat pruinose and papillose; 

 pileus papillose, convex then depressed, 2-3 in. across, even, 

 glabrous, polished, rufous-cinnamon; gills fragile, pallid, 

 somewhat rufous. Taste sweet, then a little acrid and 

 bitter. 



Var. concavus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 181. 



Colours exactly those of Laciarius rufus, rufous-bay, gills 

 sometimes a little darker; stem short, 1-1 J in. long, 2-4 lines 

 thick, stuffed, spongy, glabrous; pileus thin, flesh scarcely 

 as thick as breadth of gills, 1-2 in. across, papillate, 

 concave-depressed, marginal limb narrow, thin, iiiflexed, 

 even, glabrous, opaque ; gills decurrent, slightly ventricose 

 and arcuate, 1 line and more broad, thin, crowded, at first 

 pale brick-red, then the colour of the pileus, dark, very 

 pruinose. Taste mild. 



Swamps and damp places in fields, &c. 



Var. sphagneti, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 181. 



Eemarkable. Pretty. Stem hollow, very glabroup. Pileus 

 obtuse, depressed, very glabrous, shining as if varnished, red- 

 bay, margin inflexed, elegantly crenate. Gills pallid. ( Fries. ) 



Lactarius (Russ.) eamphoratus. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, tinged brown, as is also 

 that of the stem ; more or less depressed, sometimes with a 

 slight umboi dry, glabrous, brown with a brick-red tinge, 

 indistinctly zoned; gills adnate or with a suggestion of 

 being decurrent ; about 1|- line broad, crowded, pale brick- 

 red with a yellow tinge ; stem about 1 in. long and 2 lines 

 thick, slightly curved, coloured like the pileus, stuffed ; milk 

 persistently white, mild; spores subglobose, 8-9 fi.; smell 

 strong and fragrant, especially when dry. 



