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and covered Tvith white down. Gills decurrent, narrow (1-2 

 lines) whitish, then pale ferruginous. (Fries.) 



Laetarius (Russ.) glyciosmus. Fr. 



Strong scented. Pileus 1^-21 in. across, flesh npto 1 line 

 thick ; convex then plane, nmbonate, dry, lurid, greyish, or 

 brownish, opaque, squaniulose; gills somewhat decurrent, 

 crowded, abotit 1 line brodd, yellowish then pale ochraceous ; 

 stem about 1 in. loug, 3-A lines thick, downy, pallid, stuffed ; 

 milk white, unchangeable, mild at first, becoming slightly 

 acrid ; spores subglobose, size variable, 6-10 /x. 



Laetarius glyciosmus. Fries, Epicr., p. 348 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 315. 



In woods, especially pine. 



Var. flexuosus. Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 434 ; Cke., lUustr., 

 pi. 1011. 



Pileus even, silky at first, umbUicate or depressed, flexuous, 

 more or less zoned; stem imperfectly hollow, often elon- 

 gated ; rest as in typical form. 



Smell pungent, like spirit-of-wine ; rigid, fragile, small ; 

 stem, almost equal, 1—2 in. long, 2-4 lines thick, even, 

 pubescent, yellowish, becoming tawny when bruised, some- 

 times almost silvery-white, especially- at the apex. PUeus 

 convex then almost plane, papillate, then depressed and the 

 papilla disappearing, 1-2 in. broad, slightly innately squa- 

 molose or tuipolished, opaque, • greyish brick-red, brownish, 

 often with a &int violet tinge, not zoned ; flesh white ; gills 

 arcuate or almost plane, adnato-decurrent, J-li line broad, 

 thin, often connected by branches, straw-colour then ochra- 

 ceous; milk white, sometimes unchangeable, sometimes 

 with a slight yellowish green tinge, but not discolouring 

 the gUls. 



The stem is sometimes elongated, pileus at first silky, even, 

 also umbilicate, wavy, zoned. 



A very distinct species, approaching L. vietvs in habit, but 

 quite distinct in the absolutely dry pileus, very crowded, 

 ochrey straw-coloured gills not becoming spotted when 

 braised, smell, &c. (Fries.) 



Laetarius (Russ.) fuliginosus. Fr. 

 Pileus 2—4 in. across, flesh thick in the centre and gradu- 



