74 The Scottish Nattiralist. 



A very robust species. Stem about i in. thick ; 

 pileus 3 in. broad, paler at the disc. The gills are said 

 to be anastomosing. Flesh becoming yellow, turning 

 fuscous when exposed to the air. 



In wood. Sep. 



East. — — — — — — 



West. Solway — — — 



Dumfries. J. S. 

 Europe. 



3026. L. pitinus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 435. 



Pileus fleshy, rigid, become convcxo-plane, umbonate, 

 continuous, fuscous-amber, at first velvety-villous, then 

 become smooth at the disc, even ; stem stuffed, some- 

 what spongy, even, smooth, paler ; gills adnate, very 

 crowded, ochraceous ; milk acrid, white. 



Distinguished by stem being commonly 2 — 3 in. long 

 and scarcely J in. thick. Spores ochraceous. 



In pine woods, &c. Sep. 



East. — — — — Moray — 



West. _____ 



Rothiemurchus. Rev. Dr. Keith. 

 England. Europe. 



3027. L.lilacinus, Lasch. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 438. Grevillea, 



Vol VIII., p. 98. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then depressed, papillate, 

 floccose when dry ', granulose, not zoned, lilac-rose; stem 

 stuffed, then hollow, ivhite-mealy, pallid ; gills adnate, 

 somewhat distant, pallid flesh-colour ; milk acrid, white. 

 Fragile, copiously milky, pileus 2 in. broad, becoming 

 pale. 



In wood. Sep. 



East. — Forth — — — — 



West. _ _ — — 



Hawthornden. C. B. Plowright. 

 England. Europe. 



3028. Marasmius erythropus Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 470 

 C. Hbk. n. 660. 

 Among leaves in mixed wood. Sep. 



East. — — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



