210 AGARICINI. 



591. Lactarius trivialis. Fr. " Large lurid Lactarius." 



Pileiis fleshy, depressed, viscid, zoneless, lurid, becoming pale, 

 cuticle inflexed at the margin ; stem hollow, stout ; gills thin, 

 crowded, white, as well as the acrid milk. — Fr. Epicr. jp. 337. 

 Kromhh. t. 14,/. 17-18. Ann. N. II.no. '^^^. 



In pine woods. Sept. 



Stem 1-6 in. long, 1 in. or more thick, paler than the pileus, smooth, un- 

 spotted. Pileus 4-7 in. broad, depressed, at length funnel-shaped. Margin 

 at first involute, then expanded, dark luri], becoming pale, or flesh-coloured 

 tan. Flesh white. Gills sub-decurreut, 2-4 lin. broad, rather thin, whitish 

 becoming pallid. 



592. Lactarius circellatus. Fr. " Dingy-zoned Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, repand, viscid, zoned with 

 ferruginous, disc from the first umbilicate, darker ; stem solid, 

 firm, attenuated downwards ; gills crowded, whitish; milk white, 

 acrid.— i^r. Epicr. p. 338. Batt. 1. 13, D. Sow. t. 203. 



In woods. Piare. 



Stem 1^-2 in. long, | in. and more thick, even, smooth, growing pale. 

 Pilonas depressed-convex, then expanded and depressed in the centre, 2-3 in. 

 broad, when young and moist viscid, rufous-brown, variegated with darker 

 zones. Gills horizontal, with a subdecurrent tooth, very thin and crowded, 

 narrow. 



593. Ziactaxius uvidus. Fr. "Moist Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then depressed, zoneless, viscid, 

 dingy ; margin at first involute, naked ; stem soon hollow, viscid, 

 pallid ; gills thin, crowded, white, when wounded becoming lilac ; 

 milk white, then lilac. — Fr. Epicr. p. 338. BatscJi. f. 202. Eng. 

 Fl. y.p. 25. Kromhh. t. hi J. 14-16. 



In woods. July — Sept. 



Pileus 2-2^ in. broad, fleshy, depressed, sometimes obsoletely zoned, viscid, 

 pal3, dirty rufescent, or cinereous with a shade of lilac, sppckled with small 

 watery spots, which originate beneath the epidermis ; gills paler, adnato- 

 decurrent, tlie shorter ones very obtuse, and truncate behind, connected by 

 veins ; milk white, acrid ; stem 2 in. high, \ in. thick, spongy, at length 

 hollow, marked %vith little longitudinal pits, strigose at the base, the whole 

 plant white when cut, turning to a beautiful lilac. — M. J. B. 



Sect. 3. Piperati — pileus dry. 



594. Lactarius pyrogalus. Fr. " Pear-scented Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, plane, then depressed, subzonate, smooth, even, 

 rather moist, livid, cinereous ; stem stuffed, then hollow, pallid, 

 attenuated downwards; gills thin, rather distant, yellowish; 



