HYJrENOMTCETES. 



130 H. CALYPTRjiFORMis. Berkeley. 3 — 4. 1 ix hioh. i. 



Pileus acutely conic, margin a little expanded, sometimes 

 sphttmg to the apex, not viscid, gills ascending ; pileus and 

 gills beautiful pale rose ; stem smooth, diaphanous, pure white 

 sometimes longitudinall.y split, and hence compressed. Spores 

 eUiptic. -0003. One of the most beautiful and rare Agarics. 

 Mr. Berkeley announces it as a species new to Britain, No. 63 

 ot the series in the Annals, remarldng that Lasch is the only 

 author who has noticed it. Pasture, Knowsley Park. November 

 5th, 1857. 



137 H. PsiTTAciNus. Schceff. 9—8. 1— li. i. 



Pileus campanulate, often expanded and umbonate. Whole 

 plantvery slimy, variegated, bright yellow and gi-een. Spores 

 elliptic. -00028. Generally distributed. 



138 H. UNGDiNosus. Fries. 9 — 3. 1— I-l. i. 



Livid ; a copious sticky slime covers the pileus, and the hollow 

 tlexuous stem. Occasionally in pastures, Knowsley, and near 

 Jiastham, but not common. 



Genus VIII. LACTARIUS. 



Series 3. Piperites. 



g a. Flkus viscid, margin at first involute, tomentose. 

 130 L. TURKS. Weinra. 1— Sf 3— 6 or even 8. -i— 1. 



Pileus hard, viscid, plane, with an involute floccose margin 

 afterwards expanded, centre rather sharply depressed, margin 

 bare; frequently not zoned, dirty dark olive colour- gills 

 ao^.o'^'' yellow, very close ; milk acrid. Spores round. 

 •00033. A. tormmosus. E.F. Woods. Woolton. Acorn-field 

 Jcjastham. 



140 L. ciLicioiDES. Fries. 1 — 2. 3 — 5. 1 1^. 



Pileus depressed, dirty whitish or cream colour, margin at fir<!t 

 involute, tomentose ; gills forked, crisp, juiceless, whitish with 

 vcrdegris stains. Spores rough, round. -00036. Closely 

 alhed to A. exsuccus. E.F. Abundant in Acorn-field Wood. 



g b. Pileus viscid, pelliculose, margin naked. 

 1-11 L. BLENNius. Fries. 1 — 1^. 2 — 4. -j. 



Pileus pitted, marked as if with rair-drops, dusky, with a 

 greenish tinge; gills white. Under beech trees, Eainhill. 

 Kuncorn. 



g c. Pilem without a pellicle, hence quite dry. 

 112 L. TLUMBEUS. Bull. 3. 5. 1. 



Pilous deeply iiifmidibuliform, dry, dark grov. Fndcr beech 

 trees, Rainhill. October, 1850. 



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