96 AGARICINI. 



Lactarius. Among pebbles. Loch Kenord, Aberdeenshire. 



Name from the pubescent margin of the pileus. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 155. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 424. B. & Br. n. 1282. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 551. Grevillea, t. 

 76. f. 2. Ag. Krombh. t. 13. f. 1-14. 



Var. margine-tomentoso B. & Br. Pileus clothed with fine 

 matted down, margin tomentose. Stem nearly equal, 3 cent. 

 (iX m -) l n &> about 10 mm. (5 lin.) thick. 



Odour pungent. In pastures. Aboyne. Aug. B. & Br. n. 1015. C. 

 Hbk. n. 586. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 551. Krombh. t. 13. _/] i, 2. 



** LIMACINI. Pileus viscid when moist, pelliculose, &c. 



1. L. insulsus Fr. Pileus 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) broad, 

 yellowish-brick-colour, fleshy, not very compact, deeply umbilicate 

 and at length infundibuliform, rigid, zoned (especially round the 

 margin), smooth, with a somewhat separable viscid pellicle, mar- 

 gin naked ; flesh firm, pallid, somewhat zoned under the pellicle. 

 Stem stuffed when young, but varying hollow when old, most 

 frequently curt and attenuated downwards, 4 cent. (i}4 in.) long, 

 as much as 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick, rarely lengthened to 7.5 cent. 

 (3 in.) and then equal, thinner, smooth, even or more rarely 

 pitted - spotted. Gills decurrent, very crowded, forked at the 

 base, 2 mm. (i lin.) or little more broad, whitish, becoming pale. 

 Milk white, unchangeable, acrid. 



Its stature and size are those of L. deliciosus, but the colours are paler ; the 

 milk when the plant is old is often watery (not coloured) ; otherwise when 

 wounded it does not change colour as L. deliciosus does. 



In mixed woods. Common. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores globose, pallid. Fr. Name insulsus, insipid, tasteless. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. p. 157. Hym. Eur. p. 424. Berk. Out. p. 204. t. 13. f. 2. 

 C. Hbk. n. 587. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 552. Krombh. t. 12. /. 1-6. Hussey, i. 



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8. L. zonarius Fr. Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, pallid 

 orange or pale yellowish to deeper yellow, fleshy, convex becom- 

 ing plane, then depressed, somewhat umbilicate, margin thin, 

 naked, long involute, at first even, smooth, with a closely adnate 

 pellicle, viscid, beautifully zoned most frequently towards the 

 margin, at length and at the first at the circumference min- 

 utely ruguloso-flocculose ; flesh compact, white. Stem 5-7.5 cent. 

 (2-3 in.) long, equal, or 2.5 cent, (i in.) and attenuated down- 

 wards, 1-2.5 cent - (X- 1 i n O thick, firm, solid, elastic, spongy- 

 soft internally, even, smooth, dry, white then yellowish, unspotted, 

 pale upwards. Gills rounded -adnate and adnato- decurrent, 



