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2. Lactarius intermedius, Kromb. ; pileus fleshy, broad, 

 infundibuliform, viscid, smooth, ochraceous-yellow, margin 

 involute, tomentose, then smooth ; gills broad, livid, whitish, 

 somewhat decurrent, affixed, entire ; stem short, thick, solid, 

 or sometimes hollow, yellowish, covered with spot-like 

 depressions ; milk white, then yellowish. 



In woods. Rather acrid. Fries considers this plant 

 to be L. cicilioides. 



3. L. torminosus (p. 203) ; 3 in. Epping Forest. 



4. L. cicilioides, Fr. (p. 203) ; 2-4 in. 



5. L. turpis, Fr. (p. 203); 4-12 in. Epping Forest. 



6. L. controversus, Fr. ; pileus 3 in., fleshy, compact, 

 rigid, convex, broadly umbilicate, then somewhat infundi- 

 buliform, oblique, at first dry, flocculose, whitish, then 

 viscid, reddish with blood- coloured spots and zones ; 

 margin when young acute, involute, more or less villous ; 

 flesh very firm ; stem attenuated towards base, often excen- 

 tric, solid, obese, even, pruinate at apex, white ; gills decur- 

 rent, with an obsolete tooth, crowded, rarely branched, 

 pallid white-flesh-colour ; milk white, unchangeable, abun- 

 dant. 



In woods. Uncommon. Abergavenny. Epping Forest, etc. 



7. L. pubescens, Fr. ; pileus 3 in., whitish flesh-colour, 

 fleshy, plane, depressed, then broadly infundibuliform, zone- 

 less, even, dry, then smooth at disc, shining ; margin involute, 

 fibrilloso-pubescent ; flesh thin, firm, pliant, white, un- 

 changeable ; stem attenuated downwards, sometimes com- 

 pressed, stuff'ed, soft internally, even, commonly pruinaro- 

 pubescent when young, becoming smooth, flesh-colour, then 

 white ; gills adnate or slightly decurrent, crowded, narrower 

 than flesh of pileus, pallid, slightly flesh-coloured ; milk 

 white, unchangeable, not abundant. 



