AGARICINI. 205 



from tlic first umbilicatc, darker; stem solid, firm, attenuated 

 downwards ; gills crowded, dirty-white ; milk white, acrid. — 

 Sow. t. 203. 



In woods. Rare. It would seem from Sowerl)}'s drawing 

 that the milk in his plant is whitn, and if so, Fries is right 

 in referring it to this species. " Pileus brownish or rufous, 

 turning pale, darker under the separable cuticle." 



9. L. uvidus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, thin, convex^ then de- 

 pressed, zoneless, viscid, dingy ; margin at first involute, naked ; 

 stem soon hollow, viscid, pale ; gills thin, crowded, when 

 wounded becoming lilac, as well as the white milk. — Batsch, 

 f. 202. 



In Avoods. Not uncommon. Pileus about 2^ inches across. 



10. L. pyrogalus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, flattened, depressed, 

 somewhat zoned, smooth, even, rather moist, livid-cinci'eous ; 

 stem stufl'ed, then hollow, pallid, attenuated downwards; gills 

 thin, rather distant, yellowish; milk abundant, white, extremely 

 Q.CY\di.—Kromb. t. 14. /. 1-9. 



In woods and meadows. King's Cliffe. Coed Coeh. 



11. L. plumbeus, Fr. ; pileus compact, convex, then in- 

 fundibuliform, dry, not polished, dingy, then blackish-brown ; 

 stem solid, equal, blunt ; gills crowded, yellowish ; milk acrid, 

 white, unchangeable. — Soiv. t. 245. 



In woods. Kare. Edinburgh, Br. Greville. Several inches 

 across. Sowerby's plate represents the gills as broad and 

 dingy like the pileus, as well as the milk, but in the original 

 drawing they are pallid, and the milk white. 



12. L. piperatus, Fr. ; white; pileus compact, umbilicate, 

 then infundibuliform, rather regular, zoneless, even, smooth ; 

 stem solid, thick, very short ; gills decurrent, crowded, nar- 

 row, dichotomous; milk abundant, acrid, white. — Kromb. t. 57. 

 /. 1-3. 



