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H. puniceus Fr. (Lat., purplish). 



Rhinefield. Ramnor. Denny. Emery Down. Burley. Balmer Lawn. 

 Allum Green, etc. 



In pastures and woods. Very common. Edible. Base of stem 

 white. 



H. ObrilSSeiiS Fr. (Lat., of gold-assaying ; from the colour). 



Near Lyndhurst. Ironshill. 



In grassy places in woods, etc. Not common. Resembles H, 



punicetis, but yellow. 

 H. COnicUS (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., conical). 



Denny. Emery Down. Balmer Lawn. Bank. Ridley. Racecourse. 



Gritnam, etc. 



In pastures and woods. Very common. Poisonous. Turns 

 black. 



H. calyptraeformis Berk. (Lat., hood-shaped). 

 Near Lyndhurst. Denny Heath. 



In open places in woods and on commons. Uncommon. 

 H. ChlorophanilS Fr. (Gr., appearing greenish yellow). 



Buskett's Lawn, Rhinefield. Denny Wood. Mark Ash. Holmsley, 

 Brockenhurst Park. Emery Down, etc. 



In pastures and woods. Common. Edible and delicious. Clear 

 yellow. Gills adnexed, ventricose. 

 H. psittacinus (Sehaeff.) Fr. (Lat., parrot-coloured; red and green). 



Buskett's Lawn. Emery Down. Ridley. Mark Ash. Allum Green. 

 Brockenhurst Park, etc. 



In pastures, on lawns and commons. Very common. Edible and 

 delicious. 



H. ungllinosus (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., oily ; from the surface). 

 Denny. 



In grassy places in woods. Uncommon. Smoky-brown. Very 

 glutinous. 



H. nitratus (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., nitrous-smelling). 

 Ironshill. Among grass. Uncommon. 



Genus 13. LACTARIUS. (Lat., lac, milk from the milky juice exuded when 

 broken.) Gills usually decurrent ; plant often large, fleshy. 

 L. torminosus (Sehaeff.) Fr. (Lat., causing colic). 



Ramnor. Knightwood. Denny. Ocknell. Dearleap. 



In woods. Rather common. Strawberry colour ; margin involute, 

 cottony. 



L. turpis (Weinm.) Fr. (Lat., base, ugly ; from the dingy colour). 



Ramnor. Ashurst Wood. Rhinefield. Burley New Inclosure. Dear- 

 leap. 



In woods and among grass, chiefly under birches. Frequent. 

 "Poisonous" (Cooke). "Edible" (Rea). 

 L. pubescens Fr. (Lat., downy ; from the margin). 

 Ramnor. Queen's Bower. 



In woods and among grass, chiefly under birches. Not uncommon. 

 Resembles L. torminosus, but pale, and margin only downy. 

 L. insulsus Fr. (Lat., tasteless, perhaps from its outward resemblance to 

 L. delkiosus). ' 

 Near Lyndhurst. 



In woods and pastures. Not common. 

 L. blennius Fr., (Gr., slimy). 



Buskett's Lawn. Bank. Denny. Dearleap. Mark Ash. Holmsley. 

 In woods. Common. Greenish-grey ; stem viscid. 

 L. hysgillUS Fr. (Gr., a crimson dye, from the reddish flesh-coloured cap). 

 Ramnor. 



In woods. Rare. 

 I» UVidllS Fr. (Lat., grape-coloured; from the milk turning lilac). 

 Near Lyndhurst. Denny. 



In woods. Not common. Poisonous. 



