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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, F r .; white; pileus compact, umbilicato-
convex, tomentose, zoneless, margin reflexed; stem solid, blunt,
pubescent; gills distant, arcuate, dirty-white; milk acrid,
white.—Row. t. 204; Huss. i. t. 63.
In woods. Extremely common. Attaining a large size. A
form occurs which is quite juiceless, and is almost as common
[A. exsuccus, Auot.).
** Aromatic ; gills becoming pallid; milk always coloured.
14. L. deliciosus, F r .; pileus fleshy, umbilicate, viscid,
zoned, smooth, rufous-orange, turning pallid, margin smooth ;
stem stuffed, then hollow, somewhat spotted; gills and milk
at first safiron-red, at length greenish.—Row. t. 202; Huss. i.
t. 67.
In fir-woods. Often very abundant, hut rare in some localities.
Esculent. The gills, when wounded, turn a dull green,
like the milk. Pileus 4-5 inches across. Slightly acrid.
*** Grills changing colour, dusted with the white spores; milk at
first white, mostly mild.
15. L. theiogalus, Fr.; 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. ehrysorrhens, F r .; pileus slightly fleshy, umbilicate,
then funnel-shaped, pinkish-yellow, with darker zones or spots;
stem stuffed, then hollow, equal, even, white; gills thin, def
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current, crowded, yellowish; milk very acrid, white, then
golden-yellow.—Kromb. t. 12. / . 7-1 4 ; Bolt. t. 144.
In woods. Not common. Scotland, Klotzsch. Pileus 2-3
inches across.
17. L. aeris, F r .; pileus fleshy, irregular, at length funnel-
shaped, viscid, dingy-cinereous; stem stuffed, then hollow,
subexcentric, pallid, attenuated downwards; gills rather crowded,
pale yellow, turning red as well as the white milk.—Bolt,
t. 60.
In woods. Rare. Scotland, Dorsetshire, etc. Not always
excentric, nor does the milk always change its colour with
equal intensity.
18. L. pallidus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, depressed, obtuse, smooth,
viscid, zoneless, pallid, as well as the stuffed, then hollow, stout,
firm stem; margin thin, inflexed; gills crowded, white, then
pallid, pruinose; milk mild, white.—Kromb. t. 56. / . 10-14.
In woods. Bowood, C. E. Broome. A large species.
19. L. quietus, F r .; pileus fleshy, depressed, obtuse, at first
viscid, soon dry, turning pale, somewhat zoned, opaque, rufescent,
as well as the stuffed, smooth stem; gills white, then
reddish; milk mild, white.—Kromb. t. 40. / . 1-9.
In woods. “ Known by its at first pinkish, somewhat
silky, pileus, which is darker in the centre and obsoletely
zoned, its spongy, at length rubiginous stem, and the evanescent
slime.” j
20. L. volemuip, Fr.; pileus compact, rigid, piano-depressed,
obtuse, dry, of L golden tawny, at length rimoso-rivulose;
stem solid, hard, blunt, pruinose; gills crowded, white, becoming
yellowish; milk abundant, mild, white.—Huss. i. t. 87.
In woods. Not common. King’s Cliffe, etc. Pileus'4
inches across. Esculent.
21. L. serifluus, F r .; pileus fleshy, plane, then depressed,-
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