PLATE 16.
L actakius pallidus, Pers.
Frie s, Hym. Mon. ii. p. 164; E pic r. p. 343. Berk. Brit. Fung. p. 307.
P e rs. Syn. p. 461. Krombh. t. 56, f. 10—14. Paul, t. 80 ? B. & Br.
Ann. N. H . n. 705. Cooke, Handbook, p. 313.
L actaeius contextu laxiori, statura L. deliciosi, sed alutaceo-pallido, sapore submit!
; stipite subEequali; pileo camoso, glabro, obtuso, pallido; lamellis confertis,
subdecurrentibus, arcuatis.
A . incarnatus, Pers. disp. Paul, t. 80; Krombh. t. 50, f. 10—14.
A . lactescens, Poll. vol. ill. p. 389.
Pileus fleshy, umhilicato-convex, depressed, obtuse, the margin broadly
involute, th re e to six inches wide, glabrous, viscid, n o t zoned, pallid ; stem
subequal, stuffed th en hollow, two inches or more long, about three-fourths
of an inch thick, g la b ro u s ; flesh pallid, milk mild, white, not c h an g in g ;
gills subdecurrent, curved, one and a h a lf to two lines or more broad,
crowded; slightly branched, whitish, th en uniform with the pileus. In
heech-woods.—Fries.
We are indebted to C. E dmu n d Broome, E sq., M.A., of E lm h u rst,
Ba theaston, Ba th, for th e specimens fig u re d : they were found by Mr.
Broome in Bowood. T h e p lan t is sometimes much paler. Spores '0003".
P late 16. — Figs. 1, 2, 3, Lactarius pallidus, Pers. Fig. 4, section of ditto.
Fig. 5, spores x 700 diam.—IF. Or. S.
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