14 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Lactarius flexuosus, Fries, Epicr., p. 338 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 309 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 992. 

 In woods. 



Var. roseozonatus_, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 427. 

 Pileus entirely rose-colour, and marked witli darker 

 zones. 



In woods. 



This variety has not yet been recorded for Britain. 



Lactarius (Piper.) pyrogalus. Bull. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thicl^ish, white ; soon expanded 

 and more or less depressed, glabrous, even, slightly zoned, 

 rather moist, livid grey ; gills slightly decurrent, thin, 

 rather distant, ochraceons ; stem about 1^ in. long, up to 

 ^ in. thick, attenuated at the base, pallid, stuffed then hol- 

 low ; milk white, unchangeable, very hot and acrid ; spores 

 globose, echinulate, 7-10 fx. 



Lactarius pyrogalus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 309 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 

 993. 



Agaricus pyrogalus, Bulliard, Champ. France, t. 529, f. 1. 



In woods, pastures, &c. 



Pileus sometimes brown. Fries mentions a form resem- 

 bling L. fidiginosus, pileus clay-culour, not zoned, gills 

 yellow. 



Allied to L. flexuosus, but smaller, more slender, pileus 

 gre3% at length becoming dingy yellowish; milk abundant, 

 white, very acrid. The stem is sometimes excentric, and in 

 shady places the pileus is pallid and somewhat zoned. 

 (Fries.) 



Lactarius (Piper.) squalidus. Krombh. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, rather fleshy at the disc, margin thin, 

 white, with scattered yellowish spots near the margin ; con- 

 vex then almost plane, umbilicate, dry, glabrous, not at all 

 zoned, very pale greyish-olive or lurid ; gills adnate or very 

 slightly decurrent, not 1 line broad, white then pale yellow ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, glabrous, pale 

 brown, especially downwards, solid, firm; milk whitish, 

 mild, spores echinulate, 6-10 /x. 



Lactarius squalidus, Krombh., t. 40, f. 23-25 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 309 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 1004a. 



