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arcuate, thin, narrow, somewhat crowded, branched, scarcely Lactarius. 

 broader than 2 mm. (i lin.), whitish, at length becoming dingy 

 yellowish, becoming dingy or even somewhat asruginous when 

 bruised. Milk white, unchangeable, acrid. 



Pileus sometimes deeply umbilicate. Like L. insulsus, but well distin- 

 guished from it by its compact substance, &c. It varies in having the stem 

 hollow, the walls of the cavity at first white, then ochraceous-tawny, and also 

 in the pileus being flexuous, smooth, zoneless. 



In woods. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores minutely echinulate, almost globular, 7 mk. W.G.S. Name zona, 

 a zone. Zoned. Fr. Alonogr. ii. p. 158. Hym. Eur. p. 425. Berk. Out. p. 

 204. C. Hbk. 71. 588. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 553. Fl. Bat. t. 825 middle Jig. 

 Ag. Bull. t. 104. Vaill. Par. t. 12. /. 7. 



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

 olivaceous or <zruginous-grey, fleshy, piano-depressed, glutinous, 

 often concentrically guttate or somewhat zoned, the margin, 

 which is at the Jirst bent inwards, slightly downy when young, 

 soon naked ; flesh rigid, white. Stem 4-5 cent. (i}4-2 in.) long, 

 12-18 mm. (y^-^i in.) thick, stuffed then hollow, somewhat equal 

 or attenuated downwards, even, viscid, pallid olive or pallid-grey. 

 Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, crowded, about 2 mm. (i lin.) broad, 

 white, becoming cinereous when wounded. Milk white, unchange- 

 able. 



Firm, acrid. Dry in fine weather. When young it must not be confounded 

 with L. turpis. It varies with the disc of the pileus rufescent : Fl. Dan. t. 

 1961. /. i. 



In woods. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores sparingly echinulate, 6x8 mk. W.G.S. Name jSAeiWs, mucous 

 matter. Slimy. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 159. Hym. Eur. p. 425. Berk. Out. p. 

 204. C. Hbk. n. 589. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 554. Krombh. t. 69. /. 7-9. 

 Krapf. t. 4. /. 11-13. Sterb. t. 5. E. B. disc rufescent. Fl. Dan. t. 1691. 

 / 2. 



10. L. hysginus Fr. Pileus 6-10 cent. (2^-4 in.) broad, red- 

 flesh-coloiir or reddish brown, fleshy, not thick, umbilicate, be- 

 coming plane, the thin margin inflexed, even, viscous, zoneless 

 or somewhat zoned, often shining ; flesh white, somewhat rigid. 

 Stem 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) long, 18 mm.-2.5 cent, (^-i in.) thick, 

 stuffed then hollow, often inflated, constricted at the apex, 

 attenuated at the base, smooth, here and there pitted or some- 

 what spotted. Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, crowded, 2-4 mm. 

 (1-2 lin.) broad, white then light yellow-ochraceous. Milk white, 

 unchangeable. 



Taste acrid ; rigid-fragile, pileus somewhat repand. The gills are not 

 pruinose as in the Russulares. It varies with the stem curt, firm, even, the 



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