154 • BRITISH FUNGI 



I. Stem central. Gills not changing colour and not pruinosc. 

 Milk white at first, generally acrid. 



* Pileus viscid: edge incurved and downy at first. 



L. scrohiculatus. — Cap 4-8 in. across, becoming infundihuliforni, 

 viscitl, yellow, then pale, zoned sometimes, edge incurved and 

 shaggy at first ; gills slightly decurrent, whitish ; stem i\-2\ in. 

 long, stout, yellow, viscid ; milk white, changing to sulphur-3'ellow, 

 very acrid. 



In damp woods. 



L. intermedius. — Cap 4-6 in. across, infundilniliform, x'iscid, 

 ochraceous, edge involute and downy at first ; gills slightly de- 

 current, lurid whitish, broad ; stem i|-2 in. long, stout, yellowish, 

 with spot-like depressions ; milk white, then yellowish, rather acrid. 



In woods. 



L. torminosus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, viscid, depressed, slightly 

 zoned, edge incurved and shaggy when young, pale flesh-colour 

 with an ochraceous tinge ; gihs paler than the cap, slightly de- 

 current ; stem up to 3^ in. long, stout, coloured like the cap or 

 paler ; milk permanently white, acrid. 



Among grass, heather, etc. 



L. cilicioides. — Cap 2-4 in. across, centre depressed, tomentose, 

 not zoned, pale flesh-colour, with a fuscous tinge, edge incurved, 

 woolly ; gills decurrent, crowded, yellowish white ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, stout, pallid ; milk white, very slightly changing to yellow, 

 acrid. 



In woods and pastures. 



L. tahidus. — Cap thin, soon expanded and depressed, with a small 

 but distinct umbo in the centre of the depression, edge usually re- 

 maining slightly arched and distinctly striate, 1-2 in. across ; every 

 part reddish brown when moist, becoming paler when dry ; gills 

 soft, rather distant, not crowded ; stem i-i| in. long, thin, smooth ; 

 milk persistently white, almost or quite mild ; spores globose- 

 oblong, rough, 8-10 X 6-7 P-. 



Inodorous. It is somewhat remarkable that this species has not 

 previously been met with in this country, as it is common through- 

 out Europe. First found in this country at the Y.N.U. fungus 

 foray at Mulgrave Woods in 1910. Readily known by the striate, 

 umbonate cap. 



On the ground among grass, etc. 



L. lateritioroseus. — Cap up to 3I in. across, soon depressed, 

 squamulose, then smooth, flesh-colour or brick-red, with a rosy 

 tinge ; gills decurrent, becoming yellowish ; stem up to 3 in. long, 

 curved or wavy, paler than the cap ; milk white, acrid. 



In woods. 



L. turpis. — Cap 3-7 in. across, becoming depressed, downy and 



