98 AGARICINI. 



Lactarius. pileus at length darker in the centre, becoming pale, tan-flesh-colour, round 

 the margin. 



In woods. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores globose, echinulate, 5-6 mk. C.B.P. Name vaylvov, a vegetable 

 dye, crimson or scarlet. From the colour. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 160. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 426. Icon. t. 169. f. 2. Berk. Out. p. 204. C. Hbk. n. 590. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 555. Ag. Krombh. t. 14. /. 15, 16. 



11. L. trivialis Fr. Pileus 10-17.5 cent - (4~7 m -) broad, at 

 first dark lurid, becoming pale when full grown, pallid yellowish, 

 tan-flesh-colour, zoneless, convex then soon depressed, at length 

 infundibuliform^ margin at first involute, then flattened, at length 

 the pellicle of the margin only inflexed, even, smooth, viscous ; 

 flesh equal, somewhat rigid, white. Stem stout, 2.5-15 cent. 

 (1-6 in.) long, 2.5 cent, (i in.) and more thick, commonly inflated- 

 hollow, even, smooth, slippery, unspotted, almost paler than the 

 pileus. Gills somewhat decurrent, tense and straight, rather 

 broad, 4-8 mm. (2-4 lin.), somewhat thin, crowded, whitish, 

 becoming pale. Milk white, unchangeable. 



Acrid, large, fleshy, rigid-fragile. The stem is shorter and firmer in drier 

 situations. 



In woods, chiefly pine. Uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 



Name trivialis, common. Occurring everywhere in Northern Europe. 

 Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 160. Hym. E^lr. p. 426. B. &= Br. n. 934. C. Hbk. n. 

 591. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 556. Ag. Krombh. t. 14. f. 17, 18. 



12. L. circellatus Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 rufous inclining to fuscous in wet weather, but becoming pale, 

 variegated with darker zojies, fleshy, umbilicato-convex then be- 

 coming plane, depressed in the centre, for the most part repand 

 when older, even, smooth, very viscous in wet weather; flesh 

 grumous-compact, white. Stem 4-5 cent. (1^-2 in.) long, 12 

 mm. (}4 in.) and more thick, solid, equal or attenuated downwards 

 and often ascending, even, smooth, pale. Gills horizontal (not 

 arcuate), somewhat decurrent with a tooth, very thin and crowded, 

 narrow, often forked, whitish, at length becoming yellow. Milk 

 white, unchangeable. 



Stature curt and firm ; odour not unpleasant ; taste acrid, stinging. 



In woods. Rare. 



Spores spherical, echinulate, 10 mk. Q. Name circellus, a small ring. 

 Ringed. From the zones. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 161. Hym. Eur. p. 426. 

 Berk. Out. p. 204. C. Hbk. n. 592. Ag. Bait. t. 13. D. Sow. t. 203. 

 Ventur. t. 34. / 4, 5. 



13. L. uvidus Fr. Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, hoary- 



