HYMENOMYCETES. 



143 L. PYROGALOS. Bull. li. 2 3. i. 



Pileus pale livid, zoned ; gills distant, yellowish, milk acrid, 

 very abundant. In a riding, Croxtcth Wood. Amongst grass, 

 Hangsdale. 



144 L. piPERATUs. Scop. 1 — 3. 3 — 7. 1 — 2. 



Pileus infundibuliform, white, smooth. Park, Little Crosby. 

 September, 1856. 



Series II. DapeteS. 



145 L. DELiciosus. L. 3. 3 — 4. ^. 



Pileus and gills whitish orange, in age stained with green ; 

 stem marked as if with drops, milk abundant, bright orange. 

 Plantation between Keck Ferry and Stourton. Garden of John 

 Deunison, Esq., Woolton Hill. 



Series III. RuSSUlares. 



§ a. 3Iilk changing colour. 



146 L. cHRYSORHEus. Fries. 1 — 3. 2 — 3. ^ — i. 



Pileus dry, mealy, bright buif ; milk white, turning on expo- 

 sure to the air to a beautiful yellow. Spores rough, round, 

 yellow. -0003. Abundant in a riding, Acorn-field Wood. 



147 L. ACRis. Bolt, li— 2. 3— G. |— U. 



Pileus depressed, unequal, indistinctly zoned, viscid, lurid, or 

 dusky ; gills yellowish ; stem much attenuated downwards. 

 Spores rough, round. 'OOOSS. Under beech trees, Rainhill. 



§ b. Milk permanfuthj tvJiite. 



148 L. QUIETUS. E. F. 2—3. 2—3. i— i. 



Pileus obtuse, afterwards depressed, dry, mealy, colour of 

 cedar wood, margin deflected ; stem firm, milk mild, odour 

 none. Spores rough, round. -00035. The most common of 

 the milky Agarics. Woods and hedge-banks everywhere. 



149 L. suBDULCis. E. F. 1—2. 1 — 3 J. 



Pileus plane, or much depressed, rather thin, dark chocolate ; 

 gills deep red brown ; stem becoming hollow ; odour powerful, 

 sweet but nauseous. Spores rough, round. •00033. Hangsdale's 

 Wood. Croxtcth. 



150 L. AURANTiAcus. Fi'les. 1 — 1^. 2 — 3. |. 



Pileus thinly fleshy, plane, then depressed or almost infundi- 

 buliform, smooth, slightly viscid, bright orange ; gills very 

 decurrent, not so bright as the pileus ; stem smooth, stuffed, 

 orange. This seems to me so distinct that I cannot assign it to 

 any species in the E.F., though Mr. Berkeley seems to have 

 found a plant somewhat similar, and mentions it as a variety 

 oi A. snhrlukis. Under beech trees, Rainhill. Stourton. 



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