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crowded, unequal, wliitish then tingod brown, stem 1-1 1 

 in. long, 1-lh in. thick, pallid then sooty-black, solid, 

 flesh white, turning blackish when broken ; spores 8 /x 

 diameter. 



Anions: jrrass under trees. 



Form abnormal ; stem short, very thick ; pileus thin and 

 small in proportion to the stem, rather wavy. Taste rather 

 acrid, not pleasant. (Fries.) 



Russula delica. Fr. 



Mild. ^Vhite. Pileus 4-G in. across, flesh firm, white, 

 thick to the margin ; convex then expanded and umbilicate 

 or depressed, even, shining, glabrous, but often with a white 

 superficial silkiness, margin incurved ; gills decurrent, thin, 

 <listant, brittle, unequal, white or with a slight tinge of 

 green; stem 1-1 1 in. long, up to 1 in. thick, equal, solid, 

 firm ; spores minutely echinulate, white, broadly elliptical, 

 8-10 X 6-7 /i. 



Bussula delica, Fiies, Epicr., p. 350; Cke., Hdbk., p. 320 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pL 10G8. 



Lactarius exsiiccus. Otto; Cke., Hdbk., p. 311; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 981. 



In woods. 



Dr. Cooke considers that the present fungus and Lactarius 

 exsuccus are distinct species. His reasons for this are given 

 in -detail in Grevillea, vol. xvi. p. 65. 



Dry places in pine woods. Stature and colour unchange- 

 able, entirely white as in Lactarius vellereus and Lactarius 

 ^iperatus, but readily distinguished by the absence of milk 

 in the gills. Stem solid, short (1-2 in.), J in. and more 

 thick, even, glabrous, white. Pileus everywhere fleshy, 

 Arm, umbilicate then infundibuliform, regular, even every- 

 where, glabrous, but often with a white downiness, 3-5 in. 

 broad; margin incurved, not striate. Flesh firm, juiceless, 

 not very thick, white ; gills decurrent, thin, but distant, 

 very unequal, exuding drops of water in damp weather. 

 (Fries.) 



Pileus even broader than the last (X. vellereus), white, 

 fleshy; flesh white without milk and not changing colour, 

 Oills distant, white, with often a tinge of verdigris, very 

 crisp and brittle, somewhat forked, J in. broad ; con- 



