66 Lcwtarius. 



tf Milk acrid. 

 Gills whitish or pallid. 



vellereus, Fr. White. P. 9 18 cm. umbil. tomentose, zoneless ; 

 g. decurrent, distant; s. solid, pubescent, 5 8 cm.; milk scanty, 

 white ; sp. 8 x 6. 



piperatus, Fr. White. P. 718 cm. thick, firm, umbil. then 

 infundib. edge erect, glabrous, even ; g. decur. crowded, narrow, 

 forked ; s. 3 4 cm. stout, smooth, solid ; milk copious, white, acrid ; 

 sp. 89. 



pergamenus, Fr. White. P. 5 8 cm. plane then depr. wavy, 

 rugulose; g. adnate, very narrow, horizontal, tinged straw colour; 

 s. glabrous, discoloured, 710 cm. ; milk white ; sp. 8x6. 



Differs from L. piperatus in crowded narrow gills, longer stem, 

 and thinner pileus. 



Scoticus, B. and Br. Pallid white, smell pungent. P. 2'4 cm. 

 soon plane, tomentose then smooth except iucurved margin ; g. thin, 

 rather broad ; s. 2 3 cm. solid, tinged pink ; milk white ; sp. 7 8. 



involutus, Soppitt. White. P. 2 4 cm. plane or depr. in- 

 curved edge silky ; g. subdecurrent, very narrow, densely crowded; 

 s. 2 2'5 cm. glabrous, solid ; milk white ; sp. elliptical, 5x3. 



Differs from L. scoticus and all known species in the smooth, 

 elliptical spores. 



torminosus, Schaeff. P. 6 9 cm. obt. depr. slightly zoned, 

 margin strongly involute and shaggy, tinged flesh colour or ochre ; 

 g. subdecur. pale ; s. 5 8 cm. paler than p. ; milk white ; sp. echin. 

 910x78. 



Differs from L. cilicioides in zoned pileus and white milk. 



cilicioides, Fr. P. 5 9 cm. soft, not zoned, exp. and depr. 

 margin fibriUose, pale flesh colour with rufous tinge ; g. decur. 

 somewhat branched; s. 58 cm. stuffed, even, silky, not spotted, 

 pallid ; milk white or faintly tinged yellow ; sp. 8 x 6 7, echinu- 

 late. 



pubescens, Fr. P. 5 8 cm. thin, exp. umbil. zoneless, whitish, 

 margin pubescent; g. crowded, tinged pink; s. 2 4 cm. pinkish 

 then pale, narrowed downwards ; milk white ; sp. echin. 7 8. 



Differs from L. torminosus and L. cilicioides in the margin being 

 only downy. 



insulsus, Fr. P. 69 cm. soon infundib. viscid, slightly zoned, 

 yellowish or reddish, margin naked ; g. forked, pallid ; s. 3 4 cm. 

 stuffed then hollow, pallid ; milk white ; sp. echin. 10 x 8. 



L. zonarius differs in the solid stem. 



hysginus, Fr. P. 610 cm. rigid, umbil. viscid, thin margin 

 incurved, reddish flesh colour : g. crowded ; s. 5 9 cm. stuffed 

 then hollow ; milk white : sp. 10 x 7 8. 



