98 AGARICINI. 



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



the margin 



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In woods. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



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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 in.) broad, at 

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

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

 i?ifu?idibuliform, margin at first involute, then flattened, at length 

 the pellicle of the margi?i only inflexed, even, smooth, viscous ; 

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

 (1-6 in.) long, 2.5 cent. (1 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-S 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. Eur. p. 426. B. & Br. n. 934. C. Hbk. n. 

 591. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 556. Ag. Krombh. t. 14./". 17, 18. 



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

 rufous i?iclining to fuscous in wet weather, but becoming pale, 

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

 coming plane, depressed in the ce?itre, for the most part repand 

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

 grumous-compact, white. Stem 4-5 cent. {\ l / 2 -i 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 a?id 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. Na.me—circellus, a small ring. 



Ringed. From the zones. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 161. Hy?n. Eur. p. 426. 



Berk. Out. p. 204. C. Hbk. 11. 592. Ag. Batt. t. 13. D. Sow. t. 203. 

 Ventur. t. 34./. 4, 5. 



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



