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arcuate, thin, narrow, somewhat crowded, branched, scarcely Lactarius. 

 broader than 2 mm. (i lin,), whitish, at length becoming dingy 

 yellowish, becoming dingy or even somewhat seruginous when 

 bruised. Milk white, unchangeable, acrid. 



Pileus sometimes deeply umbilicate. Like L. insulsus, but well distin- 

 guished from it by its compact substance, &c. It varies in having the stem 

 hollow, the walls of the cavity at first white, then ochraceous-tawny, and also 

 in the pileus being flexuous, smooth, zoneless. 



In woods. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores minutely echinulate, almost globular, 7 mk. W. G.S. Namesona, 

 a zone. Zoned. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 158. Hym. Eur. p, 425. Berk. Out. p. 

 204. C. Hbk. n. 588. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 553. Fl. Bat. t. 825 middle fig. 

 Ag. Bull. t. 104. Vaill. Par. t. 12. /. 7. 



9. L. blennius Fr. Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, pallid 

 olivaceous or ceruginous-grey, fleshy, piano-depressed, glutinous ', 

 often concentrically gtittate or somewhat zoned, the margin, 

 which is at the first bent inwards, slightly downy when young, 

 soon naked ; flesh rigid, white. Stem 4-5 cent. (1^2-2 in.) long, 

 12-18 mm. (/4-^ in.) thick, stuffed then hollow, somewhat equal 

 or attenuated downwards, even, viscid, pallid olive or pallid-grey. 

 Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, crowded, about 2 mm. (i lin.) broad, 

 white, becoming cinereous when wounded. Milk white, unchange- 

 able. 



Firm, acrid. Dry in fine weather. When young it must not be confounded 

 with L. turpis. It varies with the disc of the pileus rufescent : Fl. Dan. t. 

 1961. /. i. 



In woods. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores sparingly echinulate, 6x8 mk. W.G.S. Name /SAe^ds, mucous 

 matter. Slimy. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 159. Hym. Eur. p. 425. Berk. Out. p. 

 204. C. Hbk. n. 589. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 554. Krombh. t. 69. /. 7-9. 

 Krapf. t. 4./. 11-13. Sterb. t. 5. E. B. disc rufescent. Fl. Dan. t. 1691. 

 /. 2. 



10. L. hysginus Fr. Pileus 6-10 cent. (2^-4 in.) broad, red- 

 flesh-colour or reddish brown, fleshy, not thick, umbilicate, be- 

 coming plane, the thin margin inflexed, even, viscous, zoneless 

 or somewhat zoned, often shining ; flesh white, somewhat rigid. 

 Stem 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) long, 18 mm.-2.5 cent. (#-i in.) thick, 

 stuffed then hollow, often inflated, constricted at the apex, 

 attenuated at the base, smooth, here and there pitted or some- 

 what spotted. Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, crowded, 2-4 mm. 

 (1-2 lin.) broad, white then light yellow-ochraceous. Milk white, 

 unchangeable. 



Taste acrid ; rigid-fragile, pileus somewhat repand. The gills are not 

 pruinose as in the Russulares. It varies with the stem curt, firm, even, the 



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