20G OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



In woods. Common. Much neater than L. vellereus, with 

 narrow gills, which resemble ivory, and sometimes assume a 

 yellowish tint. (Plate 13, fig. 3.) 



13. L. vellereus, Fr.; white; pileus compact, urabilicato- 

 convex, toracntose, zoneless, margin reflexed; stem solid, blunt, 

 pubescent ; gills distant, arcuate, dirty-white ; milk acrid, 

 white.— ^om;. t. 204 ; Huss. i. /. 63. 



In woods. Extremely common. Attaining a large size. A 

 form occurs which is quite juiceless, and is almost as common 

 {A. exsuccus, Auct.). 



** Aromatic; gills becoming pallid ; milk always coloured. 



14. L. deliciosus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, umbilicate, viscid, 

 zoned, smooth, rufous-orange, turning pallid, margin smooth ; 

 stem stuffed, then hollow, somewhat spotted ; gills and milk 

 at first saffron-red, at length greenish. — Soiv. t. 202; Huss. i. 

 t. 67. 



In fir-woods. Often very abundant, but rare in some lo- 

 calities. Esculent. The gills, wlien Avounded, turn a dull green, 

 like the milk. Pileus 4-5 inches across. Slightly acrid. 



*** Oills clianging colour, dusted icith the tcJiife spores; milk at 

 first lohite, mostly mild. 



15. L. theiogalus, i^/-, ; pileus fleshy, convex, then depressed, 

 viscid, smooth ; stem stuffed, even, of the same colour ; gills 

 thin, crowded, yellowish ; milk white, then sulphur- coloured. 

 —Kromb. t.l. f. 23, 24. 



In woods. Very common. Pileus ochraceous or tawny, 

 zoned or zoneless, 2-3 inches across. Smell spicy. 



16. L. chrysorrheus, Fr. ; pileus slightly fleshy, umbilicate, 

 then funnel-shaped, pinkish-yellow, with darker zones or spots ; 

 stem stuffed, then hollow, equal, even, white ; gills thin, dc- 



