whitish or pale brownish. G. adnate, narrow, yellowish or
shaded faint olive or tan. Milk white.
Taste mild to sweet. Woods, beech, moist mossy places. Oct.
3 i X 3i X J in.
1265. L. eapsieum Schulz, ex Fr. (from the peppery taste; capsicum,
sea-green)
red-pepper) a.
P. convex, obtuse, pulvinate, dark chestnut or deep sienna ; mid.
paler. St. solid, equal, whitish with tawny or rufescent fibres,
paler above. G. subcrowded, tawny, somewhat orange or
ochreous-sienna. Flesh yellowish, becoming pale sienna when
broken. Milk white.
Woods, under birches, grassy places. Sept. 2^ x i f x f in.
1265a. L. glaueeseens Crossl. {glaucescens, becoming
abc.
P. fleshy, rigid, convex, umbilicato-depressed, smooth, glabrous,
dry, zoneless, white then cream-colour, slightly spotted
ochreous-white; marg. involute. St. solid, attenuate downwards,
smooth, compact, colour as P. G. adfixed, densely
crowded, somewhat forked, narrow, colour as P. Milk copious,
white, then pale glaucous-green.
Taste acrid. Woods. Aug.-Sept. 2j X X f in.
1266. L. ehpysorrheus Fr. (from the gold-coloured milk ; Gx. chrusos,
gold, rheo, to flow) abc .
P. umbilicate then infundibuliform, pale yellow-pink, brownish-
salmon, apricot or whitish, zoned reddish-brown. St. stuffed
to hollow, equal, even, white or shaded yellowish-salmon. G.
very thin, crowded, slightly furcate, pallid-yellowish, salmon or
tan-straw colour. Flesh white, bright sulphur when broken.
Milk white.
Very acrid. Woods, beech, mixed ; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 2j X 2 j x f in.
1267. L. aeris Fr. (from the acrid taste) a b.
P. convex, plane, sometimes subumbonate, at length depressed,
scarcely zoned, umber or deep umber. St. stuffed to hollow,
slightly attenuate downwards, tan, shaded umber. G. adnato-
rounded to subdecurrent, thin, pallid to yellow flesh-colour or
pale ochre, sparingly-spotted sienna-pink. Milk white, then
reddish.
Aug.-Odour strong, stinking. W o o d s ; rare, Nov. 4 x 2 X 4 in. Often
grows in company with 1289.
1267a. L. violaseens Fr. (from the change of colour in the flesh and
milk to pale violet) a c.
P. fleshy, depressed, glabrous, ashy; z. smoky. St. solid, sometimes
becoming hollow, equal, ashy- or greyish-white. G.
somewhat crowded, white. Milk white, then violaceous or
pale lavender. Flesh changing as milk.
Poisonous. Taste sweet. Woods ; rare. Autumn. 3f X 2f x | in.
1268. L. umbrinus Fr. (from the colour of the pileus)
P convexo-plane, depressed, nvuloso-floccose, umber to deep
sepia or dark rufous-brown, zoneless or obscurely zoned darker.
Si solid, white to greyish, or as P. G. crowded, pallid-
yellowish, grey-spotted. Milk white, becoming greyish.
Acrid. Pine woods, damp places. Autumn. 3| X i4 X S in-
1269 L. plumbeus Fr. (from the colour ; plumbeus, leaden) a be.
P convex, then depressed and infundibuliform, greyish-brown,
‘sooty-sepia with a shade of olive or tan-olive ; mid. darker.
St. solid, equal, paler than P. or tan-ochre. G. crowded,
yellowish grey-white. Milk white.
Woods. Nov. 94 X 3i X iJ in.
1270. L. pepgamenus Fr. (from its parchment colour ; pergamena,
parchment) a b. White or pale yellowish. , ,
ri. convex, plano-depressed, smooth, slightly wrinkle^ zoneless.
S t stuffed, smooth, equal or slightly attenuate downwards
G. adnate, very crowded, becoming straw-colour. Mtlk
white.
Taste very acrid. Woods. Aug.-Oct. 34 X 3i X f m.
1271. L. piperatus Fr. (from the peppery tsMie-, piper, pepper) r? h c.
P Convex, then depressed and infundibuliform, rigid, even,
'smooth, zoneless, often spotted faint umber or grey. 57 solid,
attenuate downwards, subpminose. G. crowded, branched,
becoming spotted dull, pale brownish-yellow. Milk copious.
Said to be edible; -poisonous when raw. Odour none. M'xed i
" Im o n jX -O ta 7i X 3 X I i in. Sometimes clouded yellowish
within and without.
1272. L. vellereus Fr. (from the pubescent pileus; vellus, fleece)
Cl b c. White. . • 1 i_ • 1
P convex to depressed, dry, zoneless, rigid, braommg pale
yellowish or spotted pale brownish or yellowish. St. solid,
equal or attenuate downwards, thinly pubescent, pale sulpMr
wflthin at base. G. somewhat thick, subdistant, branched.
Flesh white, changing to pale sulphur. Milk sparing, sometimes
absent, white, sometimes pale sulphur, changing
white. . _
Poisonous. Taste bitter-acrid. Woods, beech; common. Aug.-Dee.
8 X 6 X 2j in.
1273. L. seotieus B. & Br. (found first in Scotland) a
P. convex to slightly depressed, pubescent, pale yellowish or
faint brownish. 57 solid, equal, pale flesh-colour. G. thm,
broad, scarcely branched, pallid-white. Milk white.
T a s t e v e ry a c r id ; o d o u r p ungent. Am o n g s t moss. A u tum n , a j x ^ i i x f i n .
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