i6o BRITISH FUNGI 



decurrent, white, then pale brick-red ; stem 2-3 in. lonp^, colour 

 of cap ; milk white, mild. 



In woods. 



L. aurantiacus. — Cap i|-2 in. across, plane or depressed, golden- 

 orange, not zoned ; gills decurrent, ochraceous ; stem up to 3 in. 

 long, colour of cap ; milk white, acrid. 



Differs from L. mitissimus in acrid milk and strongly decurrent 

 gills, characters which also separate it from L. volemus. 



In woods among grass. 



L. theiogalns. — Cap ii-2| in. across, depressed, viscid, tawny- 

 rufous ; gills pale, then rufescent ; stem 1-2 in. long, colour of cap ; 

 milk white, then sulphur-yellowy becoming slightly acrid. 



Agrees with L. chyysorrheits and L. capsicum in the milk becoming 

 yellow, but differs from both in the tawny-rufous stem. 



In pine and other woods. 



L. cremor. — Cap ii-2| in. across, smooth, viscid, tawny, minutely 

 punctate, edge becoming striate ; gills adnate, white, then flesh- 

 colour ; stem about li in. long, colour of cap ; milk whitish, often 

 watery, almost mild. 



In woods, especially beech. 



L. vietits. — Cap ii-2| in. across, plane and papillate, then de- 

 pressed, viscid, flesh-colour or livid-greyish, becoming pale ; gills 

 adnato-decurrent, yellowish with age; stem 1-2 in. long, slender, 

 colour of cap ; milk white, changing to grey, slightly acrid. 



In woods. Soft, slender, fragile. 



L. cyathitla. — Cap 1-2 in. across, often plane and umbonate, then 

 depressed, brick-red or flesh-colour ; gills decurrent, crowded, 

 becoming yellowish ; stem about 2 in. long, pale ; milk white, acrid. 



Damp ground under birches, etc. 



** Cap not viscid, squamnlose doicny or pruinose. 



L. rufus (PI. XIV, fig. 7). — Cap 3-4 in. across, umbonate, be- 

 coming depressed, but the umbo remains, rufous-bay ; gills adnato- 

 decurrent, ochraceous, then pale rufous ; stem 2-3 in. long, rufes- 

 cent ; milk white, very acrid. 



In dry pine woods. 



L. helvus. — Cap 2-4 in. across, expanded and umbonate, squamn- 

 lose, brick-red with a yellow' tinge, then pale ; gills decurrent, tinged 

 flesh-colour, then yellowish ; stem 2-3 in. long, brick-red, then 

 paler ; milk white, scanty, mild as a rule. 



Damp mossy places in woods. 



L. tonientosus. — Cap about 3 in. across, umbonate, then de- 

 pressed, dingy flesh-colour or brownish ; gills decurrent, yellowish 

 with a tinge of red ; stem about 2 in. long, pallid ; milk whitish, 

 mild. 



On the ground in swamps. Cap woolly sometimes. 



