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HYMENOMYCETES 
L. blennius? (Gr. blennos, mucus), another species with 
glutinous pileus, bears much superficial resemblance to 
L. turpis , but the pileus is not so dark (dingy greenish-grey), 
is concentrically pitted or zoned, and does not long remain 
involute. The stem quickly becomes hollow. 
L. piperatus ( piper , pepper—from its taste). 
P. 4-8 in., umbilicate at first, then infundibuliform, with 
erect margin, zoneless, glabrous, dry, white. F. white, 
milk white, very copious and very acrid. G. decurrent, 
crowded, “ like the teeth of an ivory comb,” very narrow, 
white or cream colour. 5 . 1A-2A in., stout, smooth, solid, 
mealy-white. Common in woods in ant., probably triennial. 
Easily known by the absence of colour and the very acrid 
taste. L . controversus (P. at first convex, then infundibuliform), 
found chiefly under poplars, is of similar habit, but may be 
at once identified by the reddish zones, blotches, or spots 
on the pileus, and the flesh-coloured gills at maturity. This 
species is eaten at Lucca, under the name of “ Lucchese 
Goat.” L. velleveus (vellus , fleece), the great white Woolly 
Lactar, may be known from L. piperatus by its broader 
distant gills, tomentose pileus, and scanty milk. Sometimes 
the milk is absent; it is then separated from Russula delica by 
the floccose or downy pileus and very acrid taste. 
Section II.-DAPETES 
L. deliciosus (from its flavour when cooked). Plate XV. 6. 
P. 3-5 in.,, viscid, margin incurved at first, orange-red, 
greenish when old, zoned. Milk saffron-red, sweet-scented, 
very copious. G. decurrent, narrow, colour of pileus or 
paler. S. 1-3 in., stout, more or less pitted, smooth, usually 
paler than the pileus, stuffed, then more or less hollow. 
Gregarious. Late sum. and ant. Common in some localities 
in fir plantations. Abundantly distinct from all other 
members of the genus in the saffron-red milk, and in 
