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[luridus, Fr. P. fleshy, almost plane, even, viscid, slightly 

 zoned, rufous-grey, edge bent down ; g. decur. whitish ; milk white, 

 acrid ; s. hollow, pallid ; sp 8x6. 



zonarius, Fr. P. 5 9 cm. compact, viscid, pale orange or 

 yellowish, zoned ; g. whitish ; s. 5 8 cm. solid, yellowish ; milk 

 white ; sp. 9 10x8. 



circellatus, Fr. P. 5 9 cm. soon plane, wavy, viscid, brownish, 

 zones and umbilicate disc darker : g. crowded, whitish ; s. solid, 

 narrowed below, pallid ; milk white ; sp. 7 8. 



L.flexuosus differs in yellow gills. 



trivialis, Fr. 9 18 cm. depr. viscid, zoneless, pale yellowish 

 or pinky tan, margin incurved ; g. crowded, white ; s. 3 8 cm. 

 paler than p., hollow; milk white ; sp. 9 10. 



turpis, Fr. P. 6 14 cm. rigid, depr. zoneless, viscid, olive- 

 umber, margin at first with yellow down ; g. thin, pallid ; s. 3 6 

 cm. viscid, olive, narrowed at base ; milk white ; sp. echin. 6 8. 



Differs from L. blennius in absence of circles of spots on pileus. 



umbrinus, Pers. P. 5 8 cm. plane, umbil. wavy, dry, floccose, 

 umber, not zoned ; g. crowded, pallid ; s. solid, very short, 2 cm. 

 greyish white ; milk white, forming grey spots ; sp. 8 9. 



blennius, Fr. P. 7 12 cm. depr. glutinous, dingy olive grey, 

 often concentrically spotted, margin at first incurved; g. crowded; 

 s. 35 cm. viscid, coloured like pileus ; milk white ; sp. 7 8 x 6. 



[lividus, Lamb. P. convex then plane or depr. not distinctly 

 zoned, pale livid, centre fuscescent, viscid (?) ; g. subdecur. pale 

 livid, crowded ; s. livid, solid, curved ; milk white, acrid. 



[impolitus, Fr. P. convex then depr. subumb. dry, silky, not 

 zoned, becoming pale ; g. adnate, crowded, pallid ; s. glabrous but 

 not polished, reddish white ; milk white, acrid. 



Gills rufescent or yellowish. 



rufus, Scop. P. 6 9 cm. umb. depr. flocculose then glabrous, 

 zoneless, rufous bay, shining; g. yellowish rufous; s. 5 8 cm. 

 rufescent ; milk white ; sp. 7 9. 



[decipiens, Q. P. moist then puberulent, reddish flesh-colour; 

 g. narrow, tinged flesh-colour; s. slender, paler than p., milk very 

 acrid ; sp. 8 9. 



[maliodorus, Boud. Smell unpleasant. P. infundib. dry, rather 

 viscid when moist, tawny ochre or tawny brick-red, zones formed 

 of darker spots, edge glabrous; g. subdecur. pallid then like p.; 

 s. short, rugose ; flesh tawny, milk white, acrid. 



Differs from L. quietus in brighter colour and acrid milk. 



capsicum, Schulz. P. 3 6 cm. obtuse, deep chestnut colour, 

 margin strongly incurved ; g. tawny ; s. white with tawny fibrils ; 

 milk white ; sp. 6 7. 



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