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from the first umbilieate, darker; stem solid, firm, attenuateddownwards; gills crowded, dirty-wliite ; milk white, acrid.—Sow. t. 203.

In woods. Rare. It would seem from Sowerby’s drawingthat the milk in his plant is white, and if so, Fries is rightin referring it to this species. “ Pileus brownish or rufous,turning pale, darker under the separable cuticle.”

9. L. uvidus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then de-pressed, zoneless, viscid, dingy; margin at first involute, naked;stem soon hollow, viscid, pale; gills thin, crowded, whenwounded becoming lilac, as well as the white milk.— Batsch,f. 202.

In w’oods. Not uncommon. Pileus about 24 inches across.

10. L. pyrogalus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, flattened, depressed,somewhat zoned, smooth, even, rather moist, livid-cinereous;stem stuffed, then hollow, pallid, attenuated downwards; gillsthin, rather distant, yellowish; milk abundant, white, extremelyacrid.— Kromb. t. 14. /. 1-9.

Iu woods and meadows. King’s Cliffe. Coed Coch.

11. L. plumbeus, Fr.; pileus compact, convex, then in-fundibuliform, dry, not polished, dingy, then blackish-brown;stem solid, equal, blunt; gills crowded, yellowish ; milk acrid,white, unchangeable.— Sow. t. 245.

In woods. Rare. Edinburgh, Dr. Greville. Several inchesacross. Sowerby’s plate represents the gills as broad anddingy like the pileus, as well as the milk, but in the originaldrawing they are pallid, and the milk white.

12. L. piperatus, Fr.; white; pileus compact, umbilicate,then infundibuliform, rather regular, zoneless, even, smooth;stem solid, thick, very short; gills decurrent, crowded, nar-row, dichotomous; milk abundant, acrid, white.— Kromb. t. 57.f. 1-3.