94 AGARICINI. 



Lactarius. pileus wholly white and tomentose Sow. t. 103. In another form the pileus is 

 smooth, zoneless, white. In a variety the pileus is at length excentric, whitish, 

 cracked in a tesselated manner, margin spreading, naked. 



In mixed woods. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores subsphosroid, echinulate, 6-8 mk. K. ; 9 x 6 mk. IV.G.S. Name — 

 tormina, gripes. Causing gripes. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 153. Hym. Eur. p. 

 422. Sv. atl. Sv. t. 28. Bc?-k. Out. p. 203. C. Hbk. n. 582. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 547. Ag. Schceff. t. 12. Fl. Dan. t. 1068. Sv. Bot. t. 184. Bull, 

 t. 529./. 2. Krombh. t. 13. f. 15-23. Ventur. t. 30./. 2. Barla t. 18./. 7-10. 

 Harz. t. 11. 



3. L. cilicioides Fr. — Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, flesh- 

 colour i7iclini?ig to fuscous, fleshy, convex then flattened and 

 depressed in the centre, everywhere tomentose, viscous, zoneless, 

 margin involute, fibrilloso-woolly ; flesh not very compact, yellow- 

 ish-white. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 2.5 cent. (1 in.) thick, 

 firm, stuffed, somewhat hollow only when old, equal, even, 

 pruinato-silky under a lens, pallid, 7iever pitted or spotted. Gills 

 decurrent, crowded, branched, white inclining to yellow. Milk 

 acrid, white or light yellow-white. 



The stem is dingy, not of a pure colour as in L. torminosus, Sec. Inter- 

 mediate between L. torminosus and L. turpis. 



In woods. Frequent. Sept.-Nov. 



Name — kiXUlov, goat's-hair cloth ; e!So?, appearance. Fr. Monogr. \\.p. 154. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 422. Berk. Out. p. 203. C. Hbk. n. 583. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 548. Ag. Schceff. t. 228. Krombh. t. 58./. 11-13 var. B. & Br. n. 1887. 



4. L. turpis Fr. — Pileus large, as much as 30 cent. (12 in.) 

 broad, olivaceous inclining to umber, fleshy, rigid, convex be- 

 coming plane, disc-shaped or umbilicate, at length depressed, 

 innato-villous at the circumference or wholly, covered over with 

 tenacious gluten, zo7ieless, sometimes tawny towards the margin, 

 at le7igth entirely i7icli7U7ig to 7unber; 77iargi7i for a lo7ig ti7ne 

 i7ivolute, at the first villous, olivaceous-light-yellow, then more or 

 less flattened, at length often densely rivuloso-sulcate ; flesh com- 

 pact, white, then slightly rufescent. Stem 4-7.5 cent. (1^-3 in.) 

 long, 1-2.5 cent. (%-i in.) and more thick, solid, hard, equal or 

 atte7iuated dow7iwards, even or pitted and uneven, but not spotted, 

 viscid or dry, pallid or dark olivaceous, ochraceous-whitish at the 

 apex. Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) broad, 

 much crowded, forked, white straw-colour, spotted fuscous when 

 broken or bruised. Milk acrid, white, unchangeable. 



Gregarious, rigidly and compactly fleshy ; habit almost that of Paxillus 

 involutus. It varies with the stem hollow, and the pileus somewhat zoned. 



In woods, roadsides, &c. Common. Sept.-Nov. 



