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obtuse, dry, glabrous, golden-tawny, at length rirnose-rivulose. Stipe 

 solid, hard, tliick, pruinose. Lamellfe decurrent, close, white then 

 yellowish; milk abundant, sweet, white. 



In woods, common. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, stipe 2^-3|^ in. long. Stipe 

 irregular, tapering downward; milk sometimes yellowisli; lamellae be- 

 coming brownish on being bruised. 



14. L. suBDULCis, Bull. — Pileus fleshy, thin, papillate, at length de- 

 pi'essed, even, glabrous, not zonate, dr}', reddish. Stipe stuffed then 

 hollow, equal, somewhat pruinate, reddish. Lamellae adnate, close, 

 paler; milk white, rather mild. 



In woods, common. Pileus 2-4 in. broad, stipe l|-2^ in. long. The 

 whole plant is commonly a dark reddish color. 



15. L. CALCEOLus, Berk. — Pileus thin, depressed, brown-buff, the 

 margin repand, the epidermis rimose. Stipe short concolorous. Lam- 

 ella very few, distant, venose-connected, decurrent, white; milk white, 

 mild. 



" On the ground in woods, Waynesville," Lea. Pileus about 3 in. 

 across, stipe " half an inch in height and thickness." Flesh white. 

 An exceedingly curious species. Tlie pilei in all the specimens found 

 by Mr. Lea were " laterally confluent." 



Genus VIII. — Rdssula, Pers. 

 Hymenophore descending unchanged into the vesiculose trama. 

 LamelliB rigid, fragile, the edge acute. Spores round, often echinulate, 

 white or yellowish. Fungi terrestrial. 



A. Margin of the pileus not siriate. 

 a. Lamellae forked, 1, 2. 



6. Lamellae mixed, 3-5. 



B. Margin of the pileus at length striate. 



c. Lamellae unequal, 6, 7. 



d. Lamellae equal, 8 10. 



A. Pileus compact, Jii^n, the margin never striate. 

 a. Lamelloi mostly forked. 



1. R. FDRCATA, Pers. — Mild, at length bitter. Pileus fleshy, rigid, 

 gibbous plane then depressed and infundibuliform, even, with a silky 

 luster, then becoming glabrous; the margin even, acute. Stipe 

 stout, firm, even, tapering downward, white. Lamellae adnate- 

 decurrent, rather thick, somewhat distant, forked, white. 



In woods, common. Pileus 4-5 in. in diameter, the stipe 3 4 in. 



