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Growing to a large size, and remarkable for its yellow, olive, or umber hue.
Stem l|- 3 in. long, 4-1 in. and more thick, viscid or dry, not spotted, pale
or dark olive, apex becoming ochraceous. Pileus fleshy, rigid, olive, verging
on nmber ; margin at flrst involute and villous, with a yellowish olive down,
then more or less expanded, at length closely sulcate.
5 8 5 . L a c ta r iu s c o n tr o v e r su s . Pers. “ Stained Lactarius.”
Pileus compact, ratlier fragile, umbilicate, infundibuliform,
floccose, then smooth, viscid, variegated witb blood-red spots;
margin at first involute, villous ; stem solid, blunt, unequal ;
gills tbin, much crowded, simple, flesh-coloured ; milk white,
acrid.—Fr. Epicr.p. 335. Vitt. Mang. t. 27. F r. Fung. Esc. t. 39.
Trans. Woolhope Gluh,l868,p.245,plate. B u ll.t. 538. Batsch.
/ . 201. P aul.t. 68, f . l . Vent. t. 51. Barla. 1.18, f . l , 2?
Under poplars. Abergavenny. Breinton, etc.
Stem stout, swollen, 1-2 in. long, sometimes excentric, prninose at the
top, never marked with pits or depressions; gills decurrent, with an obscure
tooth ; pileus fleshy, compact, rigid, oenvex, then depressed and subinfundi-
bulifovm ; at first dry, hut after rain viscid in all its p a rts; margin at first
involute and villous; stem and pileus more or less covered with blood-red
spots and smears; flesh very'firm, like L.piperatus. Pr. Milk very acrid,
white, plentiful; odour faint, but pleasant; taste exceedingly acrid. “ Peels
and looks soapy.” Spores echinnlate, '0003 X '00025 in .— W. G. S.
5 8 6 . L a c ta r iu s p u h e s c en s . Schrad. “ Pubescent Lactarius. ”
Pileus fleshy, firm, plano-umbilioate, whitish, disc glabrous,
shining ; margin whitisb-fibrillose (or tomentose) ; stem stuffed,
then hollow, very short, attenuated downwards; gills somewhat
crowded,flesb-coloured; milk acrid, white.—Schrad. Spic.p. 122.
var. m a r g in e -tom eu to so . B . 4 B r.Ann. N .H . 1865,no.1015.
Krombh. 1.13, f . 1-12.
In pastures. Aug. Aboyne.
Pileus 2 in. across, depressed, clothed with fine matted down ; margin involute,
tomentose ; flesh firm ; stem nearly equal, l i in. high, about 5 lines
thick, smooth, pale flesh-coloured; gills thin, scarcely branched; milk extremely
acrid, white, not changeable; odour pungent.—A. A Br.
5 8 7 .
Sect. 2. Limacini.
L a c ta r iu s in su lsu s . Fr. “ Unsavoury Laotarius.”
Pileus fleshy, umbilicate, tben infundibuliform, viscid, somewbat
zoned, yellowish, margin n aked; stem stnffed, then hollow,
firm, pallid; gills crowded, forked, pallid; milk white,
acAl.—F r .E p ic r .p . 336. Krombh. t. 12,f . 1-6. Huss. i . t 59
Berh. Outl. 1.13, f . 2. Gard. Chron. I860, p. 752.
In w o o d s and on tbeir borders. Common. [Mid. Carolina.]
Stem 14 in. long, I in. thick, rarely protracted to 3 in. and then equal.
Pileus 3-4 in. hroad, zoned, chiefly about the margin, smooth, yeUowisb
brick red, viscid, cuticle slightly separating, margin naked. Flesh hrm,
pallid; gills deourrent, forked at the base, whitish, becoming pallid.
5 8 8 . L a c ta r iu s z o n a r iu s. Fr. “ Zoned Lactarius.”
Pilens compact, umbilicate, even, viscid, witb yellowish zones ;
margin involute, naked ; stem solid, sbort, elastic, even, yellowish;
gills crowded, thin, whitish; milk white, acrid, unchangeable.—
F r. Epicr. p. 336. B u l l . t .104. Vaill. 1.12, f . 7.
E n g .F I.y .p . 25. V e n t.t.3 4 ,f.4-5.
On tbe borders of woods. Aug.—Oct. Rare.
[Cincinnati, U.S.]
Pileus 2-3 in. broad, nearly plane, rufescent from cinereous with brown
zones, milk at first white. Stem 14 in. high, p / e .—Fries. Spores
minutely echimilate, almost globular, diameter *00027 in* . i
(Fig. 51, reduced.)
5 8 9 . Siactarius b le n n iu s . Fr. “ Slimy Lactarius.”
Pilens flesby, depressed, glutinous, often concentrically guttate,
greenisb-grey; margin from the first slightly pubescent;
stem stuffed, then bollow, viscid, of the same colour; gills
crowded, wbite, as well as the acrid milk.—Fr. Epicr. p. 337.
Kromb. t. 6 9,/. 7-9. K ra p f t. 4 ,f. 11,13. Sterh. t. 5, E . Fl. Dan.
i .1 9 6 1 ,/1 . Eng. F I.y . p . 26. Berh. exs.no.3.
In woods. Common.
Pilens 2-4 in. broad, fleshy, rarely subzonate, convex, the margin generally
involute and adpresso-tomentose, at length more or less depressed,
dull cinereous green, at first viscid; more or less pitted. Milk white, not
changeable; gills rather narrow, pale ochraceous, scarcely forked, not connected
by veins. Stem 1 in. long, i-4 in. thick, paler than the pilens attenuated
downwards, obtuse, smooth, at length hollow, sometimes pitted ; very
acrid.—iff. J. A. Spores sparingly eohinulate, '0002 X '0003 in.
5 9 0 . L a c ta r iu s h y s g in u s . Fr, “ Reddish viscid Laotarius.”
Pileus flesby, rigid, umbilicate, even, viscid, flesby-red, growing
pale; margin tbin, inflexed; stem stuffed, tben hollow,
smooth, ratber spotted; gills crowded, white, as well as the
a m i miVii.— F r .E p ic r .p . 337. Krombh. 1.14,f . 15,16. E n g .F l.
Y.p. 26.
In woods. Aug.— Oct.
Pileus 4-5 in. broad, pinky or brownish-white, viscid; gills white, yellowish
with ago ; stem 3-4 in. high, 4 in. thick, solid (then hollow), white,
with a pinky tinge ; juice dilutely milky, very acrid.—TFii/i.