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Nomenclature

Lactarius helvus (Fr.: Fr.) Fr.
Epicr. syst. mycol.: 347. 1838.

≡ Agaricus helvus Fr. : Fr.
Syst. mycol. 1: 72. 1821.

≡ Galorrheus rufus var. helvus (Fr.: Fr.) Fr.
Stirp. agri femsion. (III): 57. 1825.

≡ Lactifluus helvus (Fr.: Fr.) Kuntze
Revis. gen. pl. 2: 857. 1891.

Taxonomic synonyms:

= Lactarius aquifluus Peck, Rep. (Annual) New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 50. 1876. — Lactarius helvus var. aquifluus (Peck) Peck, Rep. (Annual) Trustees State Mus. Nat. Hist., New York 38: 124. 1885. — Lactifluus aquifluus (Peck) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2: 856. 1891.

= Lactarius aquifluus var. brevissimus Peck, Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 51: 298. 1898.

= Lactarius helvinus Britzelm., Hymenomyc. Südbayern 8: 1. 1891.

Original diagnosis

acris, pileo sub-obtuso squamuloso sicco ochraceo-rubro, lamellis ochraceis, stipite subfarcto.
Priori utique affinis. Stipes 2-3 unc. longus, ½ unc. crassus, subpruinatus. Pileus testaceus, villoso-squamulosus, fragilis, statura prioris. Lam. saepe dichotomae. Odor debilis, sapor acris, lac album immutabile; sed variat mitis, lacte aqueo, non colorato. Synonyma difficile extricantur: Clausio videtur Fung. esc. g. XX. spec. I.; sed esc. g. X. sp. I sub torminoso nominata, ex descriptione huc facile referres. Inde pendent dubia Bauhini, Sterbeckii etc. A. ruber Pers. syn. n. 433 ex descr. ad anguem quadrat, sed A. lactifluo Schaeff. t. 5 habitu valde dissimilis e. s. p. In pinetis, locis humidis, vulgaris. Jul.-Nov. (v. v.).

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