=splachnoides=, Fr. Inodorous. P. up to 1 cm. whitish, sub.u.mbilicate, striate; g. subdecurrent; s. 2-4 cm. polished, reddish-brown; sp. 8 5.

Similar in habit to _M. perforans_, but no smell, and white subdecurrent gills.

[=limosus=, Q. Very minute. P. plicate, diaphanous, whitish; s.

capillary, brownish.

=flosculus=, Q. P. white, umbil. sulcate; g. adnate, white; s. short, incurved, bay, apex pale.

=Curreyi=, B. & Br. P. up to 1 cm. pale rufous, coa.r.s.ely striate, umb.

tawny; g. attached to collar; s. 2-3 cm. polished, blackish, apex white; sp. 9 5-6.

** _Stem velvety or pilose._

=perforans=, Fr. Foetid. P. up to 1 cm. whitish or tinged rufous, plane, not striate, rugulose; g. adnate; s. 2-3 cm. minutely velvety, blackish brown; sp. 4 3.

=insit.i.tius=, Fr. Inodorous. P. 1-1.5 cm. sub.u.mbilicate, at length plicate, pale yellow-brown then whitish; g. broadly adnate, simple, unequal, distant; s. 2-3 cm. floccose or scurfy, reddish-brown; sp. 4 2.5.

=Hudsoni=, Pers. P. 2-3 mm. rugulose, tinged brown, covered with spreading purplish hairs; g. white; s. 1-1.5 cm. with hairs like the pileus; sp. 5 3.

[=buxi=, Fr. P. sulcate, minutely squamulose, tawny; g. few; s. blackish purple, pilose below, glabrous above.

=epichloe=, Fr. P. 4-5 mm. plane, papillate, even, whitish, disc darker; g. broadest behind; s. 2-3 cm. bay, coa.r.s.ely striate, striae setulose; sp. 3 2.

=actinophorus=, B. & Br. P. 2-3 mm. umbilicate, pale bay with darker radiating lines, wrinkled when dry; g. adnexed; s. 1-2 cm. paler than pileus; sp. subgl. 3-4.

=saccharinus=, Batsch. P. 2-4 mm. subpapillate, glabrous, sulcate, whitish; g. broadly adnate, connected by veins; s. 1.5-2.5 cm. reddish, minutely flocculose, then almost glabrous; sp. 5 3.

Resembling _M. polyadelphus_, but not cl.u.s.tered, and papillate pileus.

=epiphyllus=, Fr. P. 4-6 cm. umbilicate, wrinkled, white; g. adnate, distant, veined; s. 3-5 cm. bay, minutely velvety, apex pale; sp. 3 2.

C. APUS. _Pileus sessile, resupinate._

=spodoleucus=, B. & Br. P. 4-5 mm. sh.e.l.l-shaped, resupinate, sessile, grey, slightly pulverulent; gills few, white.

[=recubans=, Q. P. hemisph. sulcate, white; g. white; s. capillary, villose, brown.

LACTARIUS, Fr.

* _Milk yellow, acrid._

[=resimus=, Fr. P. fleshy, umbil. then infundib. even, glabrous, viscid, white or pallid, edge incurved and tomentose then spreading and naked; g. decur. white; s. stout, hollow, villose; milk soon sulphur colour; sp. 8-10 6-7.

=scrobiculatus=, Scop. P. 10-20 cm. yellowish, depr. zoneless, incurved margin fibrillose; g. decur. whitish; s. 4-8 cm. stout, yellow, pitted; milk soon sulphur yellow; sp. subgl. echin. 7-8. (10-12 8-9 Sacc.)

=chrysorrheus=, Fr. P. 4-6 cm. umbil. then infundib. pale yellowish flesh colour, zoned; g. yellowish; s. white, 3-4 cm.; milk white then golden yellow; sp. 6-7.

=intermedius=, Kromb. P. 10-14 cm. infundib. viscid, ochraceous, incurved margin tomentose at first; g. decur.; s. 3-5 cm. stout, yellowish, pitted; milk soon yellowish; sp. ----.

Differs from _L. scrobiculatus_ in infundibiliform pileus.

=theiogalus=, Bull. P. 3-6 cm. depr. viscid, tawny rufous; g. pale rufescent; s. 3-5 cm. colour of p.; milk white then sulphur yellow, becoming acrid; sp. 7-8.

Agrees with _L. chrysorrheus_ in yellow milk, but differs in tawny rufous stem.

** _Milk violet._

+ _Milk acrid._

=aspideus=, Fr. Dingy straw colour. P. 5-9 cm. zoneless, convex then depr. at first with white down; g. narrow, thickish; s. 5-7 cm.

glabrous, dry; milk white soon becoming lilac; sp. echin. 8-10.

Differs from _L. uvidus_ in narrow gills.

=uvidus=, Fr. P. 3-7 cm. thin, depr. zoneless, dingy tan; g. broad, white; s. 5-8 cm. viscid, pallid; milk white soon lilac; sp. 9-10. (5-6 Sacc.)

[=flavidus=, Boud. P. exp. viscid pale primrose yellow; g. whitish; s.

solid, white with yellow tinge; milk white then deep violet; sp. 6-7.

++ _Milk sweet._

[=violascens=, Fr. P. depr. glabrous, grey with darker zones; g. white; s. solid, greyish white; milk violet.

*** _Milk reddish, saffron, or brownish._

+ _Milk acrid._

=deliciosus=, Fr. P. 7-12 cm. convex, umbil. dusky orange, zoned; g.

subdecurrent, orange; s. 3-6 cm. smooth; milk saffron red; sp. 9-10 7-8. Every part becoming red then greenish when bruised; sp. 7-10.

Edible.

[=flammeolus=, Fr. P. sub.u.mb. not zoned, flame coloured; g. adnate, yellow; s. hollow, pale orange; milk reddish, slowly acrid.

Differs from _L. mitissimus_ in red milk.

=acris=, Fr. P. 6-7 cm. soon infundib. viscid, sooty grey; g. pale yellow; s. often excentric, pallid, narrowed below; milk white then reddish; sp. 8-9 6-8.

=fuliginosus=, Fr. P. 4-9 cm. soon depr. obtuse, even, at first with sooty-brown powder, then naked and greyish tan; g. adnate, white then tan; s. 6-8 cm. stuffed, naked, greyish tan; milk and flesh white then reddish-yellow; sp. 8-9.

Distinguished from allies by pileus not being velvety.

[=fuscus=, Roll. Caespitose, scented. P. exp. and slightly depr. round the umb. edge grooved, fibrillose or squamulose, sooty grey or dingy violet, often zoned; g. forked, pallid then ochre; s. firm ochre or tinged red, pruinose.

[=argematus=, Fr. White. P. thin, exp. glabrous, edge even; g. adnate, crowded; s. stuffed, short, glabrous; milk slowly acrid, white then rufescent.

++ _Milk mild._