2 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



ANALYSIS OF TEE SPECIES. 



Subgen. I. Pipeeites. 



Stem central. Gills unchangeable, not pruinose nor be- 

 coming discoloured. Milk white at first (usually) acrid. 



* Tricholomoidei. Pileus moist, viscid, margin incurved 

 and downy at first. 



** Limacini. Pileus moist, viscid, with a pellicle ; margin 

 naked. 



*** Fiperati. Pileus without a pellicle, hence absolutely 

 dry, often more or loss downy or unpolished. 



Suhgen. II. Dapetes. 

 Stem central. Gills naked ; milk coloured from the first. 



Suhgen. III. Russulapja. 



Stem central. Gills pallid, then discoloured, at length 

 dark, becoming powdered with the white spores. Milk white 

 at first, mild, or mild at first then becoming acrid. 



* Viscidi. Pileus viscid at first. 



** Imiooliti. Pileus squamulose, downy, or pruinose. 

 *** Glahrati. Pileus polished, glabrous. 



Subgen. lY. Pleuropus.] 

 Stem excentric or lateral. Growinor on trunks. 



FIGURES ILLUSTRATING THE LEUCOSPOBAK 



Fig. 1, Eussula oohroleuca, section through the thickness of a gill, 

 showing the vesicular trama consisting of large spherical cells ; also the 

 laticiferous vessels containing a densely granular substance, and project- 

 ing beyond the surface of the basidia forming the hymenium ; x 400 ; — 

 Fig. 2, Russula lutea, a small specimen ; nat. size ; — Fig. 3, section of 

 same ; nat. size ; — Fig. 4, Amanita mappa ; about half nat. size ; — Fig. 5, 

 section of same ; half nat. size ; — Fig. 6, Lepiota crestata ; nat. size ; — Fig. 7, 

 section of same; nat. size ; — Fig. 8, Ai- miliaria ramentacea ; half nat. size; 

 — Fig. 9, section of same ; half nat. size ; — Fig. 10, Tricholoma rutilans, 

 half nat. size ; — Fig. 11, section of same ; half nat. size ; — Fig. 12, spores 

 of same ; X 400 ; — Fig. 13, Mijcena leucogala ; half nat. size ; — Fig. 14, 

 section of same ; half nat. size ; — Fig. 15, CoUyhia hutyracea, about one- 

 third nat. size; — Fig. 16, section of same; half nat. size; — Fig. 17, 

 CoUyhia ramealis ; nat. size. 



