10 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



pellicle separating ; margin naked ; stem stuffed when 

 young, hollow when old, often short and attenuated below, 

 1| in. long, up to 1 in. thick, rarel}^ drawn out to 3 in. and 

 then equal, more slender, glabrous, even or rarely scrobicu- 

 lately spotted ; gills decurrent, closely crowded, forked at 

 the base, 1 line or little more in breadth, whitish then pallid; 

 spheres subglobose, rough, joallid, 10 X 8 /x diameter. 



Ladarius insulsus, Fries, Epicr., p. 336 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 307 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 975. 



In paistures, &c. 



Eesembling L. deliciosus in size and habit, but distin- 

 guished by the paler colour ; white, unchangeable, acrid 

 milk, and absence of red colour in the flesh at every age. 

 From L. zonalis, to which the present species is closely 

 allied, it is distinguished by the solid, yellowish stem. 



Lactarius (Piper.) zonarius. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, white ; convex 

 then flattened, depressed, sometimes deeply umbilicate ; 

 margin naked, for a long time involute, glabrous and even 

 at first, pellicle closely adnate, viscid, pale orange or pinkish- 

 yellow, often prettily zoned towards the margin, at length — ■ 

 commencing at the margin — minutely rugulosely flocculose ; 

 gills slightly rounded behind and adnately decurrent, arcuate, 

 thin, narrow, scarcely 1 line broad, thin, rather crowded, 

 branched, whitish, at length dingy yellow, becoming sordid 

 or somewhat greenish when bruised ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1^—1 in. thick, equal or attenuated at the base, even, glabrous, 

 dry, white then yellowish, not spotted, paler above, solid, 

 firm, elastic; milk white, unchangeable, acrid; spores, 

 9-10 X 8 /x. 



Lactarius zonarius, Fries, Epicr., p. 336; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 307. 



Among grass, &c. 



Stem sometimes hollow ; pileus sometimes wavy, glabrous, 

 and zoneless. (Fries.) 



Lactarius (Piper.) blennius. Fr. (figs. 2, 3, p. 301, 

 vol. ii.) 



Pileus 3-0 in. across, flesh thick, firm; soon expanded and 

 more or less depressed, glutinous, dingy gieenish-grey, often 

 more or less zoned with drop-like markings ; margin at first 



