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have ferruginous gills and spores, and must belong to a different 
species. It would be better to retain this as A. ( Nolanea ) sub- 
globosus, Alb. & Schvv., accepting the North American species as 
A. ( Naucoria ) subglobosus , Berk. Fries had never seen Alb. & 
Schw. species. 
Agaricus (Hypholoma) felinus, Pass. F. Parm. (nec. Pers.). 
Pileus fleshy- membranaceous, hemispherical then expanded, 
smooth, hygrophanous : stem fistulose, short, thin, rather shining, 
white, incrassated at the base, and white floccose, striate at the 
apex ; gills adnate, white, then fuscous. A. catarius — Fr. Hym. 
Fur. p. 296. 
On the ground amongst grass. Kew Gardens, and Forest of 
Dean. 
Gregarious, subcaespitose, ochraceous, pileus scarcely 1 in. diam. 
Stem about 1J in. long ; spores 6x3/i. 
Lactarius aspideus, Fr. Hym. Fur. 424. 
Pileus fleshy, convex gibbous , then depressed, viscid, without 
zones, straw colour, girt with a distinct deciduous tomentose white 
marginal band, afterwards quite smooth ; gills rather thick, pallid ; 
milk white, then lilac. 
In swampy places. Harewood, near Leeds (G. M.). 
Pileus 2-4 in. diam. Stem 2-3 in. long, J in. thick. Spores 
subglobose, 8-10 /x. 
Lactarius utilis, Weinm. Puss. jp. 43. 
Pileus convexo-plane, at length funnel shaped, even, smooth, 
tan colour ; stem hollow, even, of the same colour ; gills adnate, 
crowded, pallid ; milk white, mild, then slightly acrid. — Fr. Hym. 
Fur. 425. 
On the ground. Warwickshire (J. E. B.). 
Pileus 5-8 in. diam. Stem 2-3 in. long, 1 in. thick. Gills 4-5 
lines broad. Spores 8-10 fx, almost smooth. 
In the specimen found for the first time in Britain the pileus 
was pale, and rather a dirty ochre, the stem darker, and longi- 
tudinally striate, but otherwise in accord with the description. 
Lactarius (Russularia) aurantiacus, FI. Fan. t. 1909. 
Pileus fleshy, plane, then depressed, even (1-2 in. diam.), with- 
out zones, orange. Stem stuffed (3 in. long, A- in. thick), smooth, 
same colour as the pileus ; gills decurrent, crowded, from yellowish 
to ochraceous. Milk white, slowly acrid. Flesh pallid. 
On the ground. Fairmead, Epping Forest. 
Resembling L. mitissimis in colour, but rather brighter and more 
orange, besides being acrid. 
Russula (Rigidae) atropurpureus, Krombh. t. 64,/. 5-6. 
Large, fleshy, plane, then depressed, dark purple, shining, dry 
or rather viscid in wet weather, margin quite entire, even ; stem 
straight, solid, stuffed, white, somewhat cylindrical ; gills fleshy, 
often furcate, broad, white, entire. Flesh white, firm, taste mild. 
Amongst grass. Epping Forest, and near Hereford. 
