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buff or dark to pale lurid. St. hollow, even, smooth, slippery, 



palest tan-grey, white, yellowish or paler than P. G. somewhat 



thin, crowded, whitish or pale yellowish. Milk white. 



Taste very acrid. Woods, chiefly pine, moist mossy places ; uncommon. 

 Aug. -Oct. 6 x 3 X f in. 



1260. L. eireellatus Fr. (from the zones on the pileus ; circellus, a 



small ring) a b c. 

 P. convexo-plane then depressed, umbilicate, even, smooth, 

 rufous, fuscous or umber becoming pale, zoned grey or claret- 

 brown. St. solid, equal, or attenuate downwards, even, smooth, 

 pale yellowish, shaded faintly brownish or steel-whitish. G. 

 thin, crowded, forked, whitish to pale yellowish. Milk white. 



Taste stinging-acrid ; odour not unpleasant. Woods, amongst grass ; rare. 

 Sept. -Oct. 4 X 2l X I in. Must not be confounded with 1262 or 1263. 



1261. L. uvidus Fr. (from the moist, clammy pileus ; uvidus, moist) 



a b c. 



P. convex, plane, then depressed, even, smooth, usually zoneless, 



pale lilac-umber on a yellowish ground, blotted lilac. St. 



hollow, smooth, viscid, whitish or light-yellowish, sometimes 



spotted yellow-ferruginous or lilac. G. thin, crowded, unequal, 



somewhat veined, whitish or yellowish, lilac when bruised. 



Milk white, becoming bright lilac. 



Taste insipid to acrid ; odour weak, nauseous-pungent, somewhat aromatic. 

 Woods, moist places ; uncommon. Aug. -Nov. 3^ x 2^ x \ in. 



c. Piperatm. 



1262. L. flexuosus (from the frequently undulate margin of the 



pileus ; flexus, a bending) a b c. 

 P. hard, plane, depressed, subinfundibuliform, smooth to rivuloso- 

 scaly, dull, zoned or zoneless, lead-grey, violet-grey, violet- 

 brown or purplish-umber. St. solid, equal or attenuate down- 

 wards, whitish or greyish, base yellowish. G. thick, distant, 

 branched, light yellowish to whitish flesh-colour. Milk white. 



Said to be edible. Taste when raw very acrid. Woods, pine. July-Oct. 

 5 X3f X i\ in. Var. roseozonatus Fr. P. rosy flesh-colour with darker z. 



1263. L. pyrogalus Fr. (from the very acrid milk ; Gr. pur, fire, 



gala, milk) a b c. 



P. convex, plane, depressed, smooth, cinereous-grey, dull yellow 



or umber-tan, zoned sienna or madder-brown. St. stuffed to 



hollow, usually attenuate downwards, dull pallid-whitish or 



paler than P. and G. G. thin, subdistant, light wax-yellow, 



tan-ochre or shaded reddish-salmon or straw-colour. Milk white. 



Poisonous. Odour sometimes of apple. Woods, fir, pastures ; frequent. 

 Aug. -Nov. 3^ x ig X h in. Sometimes very small. 



1264. L. squalidus Fr. (from the dingy colouring ; squalidus, 



dirty) a b. 

 P. convex, umbilicate, depressed, smooth, tan-olive-green with 

 darker mid. or yellowish-olive-umber. St. solid, equal, smooth, 



