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margin, besides being altogether a larger and more robust 

 form. 



Lactarius (Russ.) minimus. W. G. Sm. 



Pileus about h in. across, fleshy at the disc ; convex and 

 somewhat unibonate, cxcentric, smooth, even, margin in- 

 curved, pallid tan or pallid ; gills slightly decurrent, distant, 

 arcuate, pallid; stem up to | in, long, 1 line thick, coloured 

 like the i)ileus, solid ; spores globose, echinulate, o-i /x ; milk 

 copious, white, mild. 



Lactarius minimus, W. G. Smith, Journ. Bot. 1873, p, 205; 

 Cke., Illnstr., pi. 986b.; Cke., Ildbk., p. 318. 



In pastures and woods. 



Distinguished by its small size. 



ly. PLEUROPUS. 



Lactarius (Pleur.) obliquus. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh rather thick at the disc, 

 margin thin; plane then depressed, oblique, lobed, silky, white 

 then yellowish, more or less zoned with grey, even ; gills 

 very slightly decurrent, crowded, about 1^ line broad, white ; 

 stem about 1 in. long, rather excentric, curved, 2 lines thick, 

 even, coloured like the j^ileus; spores globose, echinulate, 

 6 fx ; milk white. 



Lactarius ohliquus, Fries, Epicr., p. 348 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 319; Cke., Illustr., pi. 101-Ib. 



On trunks, banks, &c. 



Caespitose, slender, fragile, smell strong, pileus deformed. 

 (Fries.) 



In Cooke's figure the gills are dingy yellow, and the 

 pileus without zones. 



RUSSULA. Fries, (figs. I, 2, 3, p. 3.) 



Pileus regular, rigid, usually becoming more or less de- 

 pressed ; gills rigid, fragile owing to the trama being com- 

 posed of large spherical cells, edge thin and acute ; stem 

 central, stout, rigid ; veil entirely absent ; spores subglobose, 

 minutely verruculose or echinulate, white or yellow. 



