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liam has shown it to me in great abundance. Pileus severalinches across. A. necator, Bull., is merely a form of L. tor-minosus.

4. L. insulsus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, umbilicate, then funnel-shaped, viscid, yellowish, zoned, margin naked; stem stuffed,then hollow, firm, pallid, as well as the crowded, forked gills.(Plate 13, fig. 2 .)—Huss. i. t. 59.

In woods, and on their borders. Very common. Some-times attaining a large size. Flesh not compact as in thenext. Spores yellowish.

5. L. zonarius, Fr.; pileus compact, umbilicate, even, viscid,marked with yellowish zones; margin involute, naked; stemshort, solid, elastic, even, yellowish; gills thin, crowded, dirty-white ; milk white, acrid, unchangeable.— Bull. t. 104.

On the borders of woods. Rare. Cotterstock, Northamp-tonshire. I have not, however, seen it for a great manyyears. Harsh and woody.

6. L. blennius, Fr.; pileus fleshy, depressed, glutinous, oftenconcentrically guttate, greenish-grey; margin from the firsteven, slightly pubescent; stem stuffed, then hollow, viscid, ofthe same colour; gills crowded, white, as well as the acridmilk.— Kromb. t. 69. /. 7-9.

In woods. Extremely common. Pileus about 3£ inchesacross; gills cinereous when wounded.

7. L. hysginus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, rigid, umbilicate, even,viscid, flesh-coloured, inclining to red; margin thin, inflexed;stem stuffed, then hollow, smooth, somewhat spotted; gillscrowded, white, as well as the acrid milk.— Kromb. t. 14./. 15, 16.

In woods. Edgbaston, Withering.

8. L. circellatus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, convex, then plane,waved, viscid, zoned; zones and ferruginous disc, which is