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./. 2. Ag. Krombh. t. 13./. 1-14- 



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

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

 (iX m l° n g"> about 10 mm. (5 lin.) thick. 



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

 Hbk. ?i. 586. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 551. Krombh. t. 13. f. t, 2. 



** Limacini. Pileus viscid when moist, pelliculose, Q^c. 



7. 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. {\% in.) long, 

 as much as 2.5 cent. (1 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. (1 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. f. 1-6. Hussey, i. 



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

 ora,7ige or pale yellowish to deeper yellow, fleshy, convex becom- 

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

 naked, long i?ivolute, at first even, smooth, with a closely adnate 

 pellicle, viscid, beautifully zoned most frequently towards the 

 margin, at le?igth — and at the first at the circumference — mi?i- 

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

 (2-3 in.) long, equal, or 2.5 cent. (1 in.) and attenuated down- 

 wards, 1-2.5 cent. (/4-1 in.) thick, firm, solid, elastic, spongy- 

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

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



