204 Ol'TLTNES OF HRITISII FUNGOLOOY. 



liara has shown it to me in great a])undancc. Pilcns several 

 inches across. A. necaior, Bull., is merely a form of L. tor- 

 minosus. 



4. L. insulsus, Fr. ; pilens fleshy, umbilicatc, then funnel- 

 shapeclj viscid^ yellowish, zoned, margin naked ; stem stuffed, 

 then hollow, firm, pallid, as well as the crowded, forked gills. 

 (Plate 13, fig. 2.)—Huss. i. t, 59. 



In woods, and on their borders. Very common. Some- 

 times attaining a large size. Flesh not compact as in the 

 next. Spores yellowish. 



5. L. zonarius, Fr. ; pileus compact, umbilicate, even, viscid, 

 marked with yellowish zones ; margin involute, naked ; stem 

 short, solid, elastic, even, yellowish ; gills thin, crowded, dirty- 

 white ; milk white, acrid, unchangeable. — Bull. t. 104. 



On the borders of woods. Rare. Cotterstock, Northamp- 

 tonshire. I have not, however, seen it for a great many 

 years. Harsh and woody. 



6. L. blennius, Fr.; pileus fleshy, depressed, glutinous, often 

 concentrically guttate, greenish-grey; margin from the first 

 even, slightly pubescent; stem stuffed, then hollow, viscid, of 

 the same colour; gills crowded, white, as well as the acrid 

 mWk.—Kromb. t. 69. /. 7-9. 



In woods. Extremely common. Pileus about 3^ inches 

 across; gills cinereous when wounded. 



7. L. hysginus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, rigid, umbilicate, even, 

 viscid, flesh-coloured, inclining to red ; margin thin, inflexcd ; 

 stem stuffed, then hollow, smooth, somewhat spotted ; gills 

 crowded, white, as well as the acrid milk. — Kronib. t. 14. 

 /. 15, 16. 



In woods. Edgbaston, Withering. 



8. L. circellatus, Fr. -, pileus fleshy, convex, then piano, 

 waved, viscid, zoned ; zones and I'crrnginous disc, which is 



