112 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BEITISH FUNGI. 



Section. Flesh white, thick, brittle. Stem stuffed, at length 

 fistulose. Gills watery white, thin, crowded, narrow, dimidiate, 

 attenuate behind, nearly equal, almost free. Odour and taste bland 

 and pleasant. Spores Avhite. 



06s. In chapter vii. I strongly recommend it. — W. D. H. 



(127.) RUSSULA LACTEA ; The Milky-cap. 



Habitat. Under beeches, and in woods. Scattered. 



Season. July to September. Uncommon. 



P ileus. Two to thi-ee inches across, milk-white, creamy at 

 length, dry, opaque, perhaps rivulose ; convex, then plane, perhaps 

 depressed. Margin thin, rounded, even, perhaps split. 



Stem. One to two inches high, very stout, white, rigid, cylin- 

 drical, blunt, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, thick, compact. Stem solid, spongy. 

 Gills white, thick, distant, firm, broad, equal, rather branched, 

 projecting, free or adnexed. Odourless. Taste sweet and good. 

 Spores white. 



Obs, It is sometimes plentiful, as I have seen it in Blenheim Park. Its 

 ■vvholesomeness has been well attested, and it is of good flavour. — IV, D. H. 



(128.) RUSSULA LEPIDA ; The Rosy-cap. 



Habitat. Under beeches and oaks. In groups. 



Season. August to October. Common. 



Fileus. Two to four inches across, rosy, paling where exposed, 

 opaque, farinose or sericeo-squamulose, rimose ; convex, then plane, 

 sub-depressed, rounded. Margin even, at first incurved, pale or 

 whitish, perhaps split. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, flushed Avith rose, stout, 

 smooth, blunt, perhaps swollen below or bent, naked, lacunose. 



Section. Flesh Avhite, thick, brittle, cheesy. Stem solid. Gills 

 white, broad, thick, equal, close, straight, rounded before, adnexed. 

 Odour slight. Taste bland and sweet. Spores white. 



Ohs. Much commended, but it must be carefully differentiated from the 

 noxious R. emetica, which is very like it. Mrs. Hussey especially commended 

 this species, but she thought every individual should be tasted when gathered, 

 to make sure no acrid species were taken by mistake. The rosy cuticle of 

 II. lepida becomes green in cooking. — W. D. H. 



