46 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Distinguislied by the almost free, broad, shining gills 

 having the edge bright lemon-yellow. 



Russula decolorans. Fr. 



Mild. Pilens 3-4 in, across, flesh rather thick, white, but 

 becoming somewhat greyish when broken, and variegated 

 more or less with black spots when old ; spherical, then ex- 

 panded and depressed, remarkably regular, viscid when 

 moist, orange-red at first, then yellow and becoming pale, 

 margin thin at length, striate; gills adnexed, often in pairs, 

 crowded, thin, fragile, white then yellowish; stem up to 

 4 in. long, cylindrical, often rugosely striate, white; then 

 especially inside becoming grey ; spores subglobose, minutely 

 echinulate, tinged ochraceous, 7-9 /x. 



Hussula decolorans, Fries, Epicr., p. 3G1; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 335; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1079. 



In pine and mixed woods. 



Agrees with B. depallens in the stem becoming grey, but 

 differs in the long stem, and in the gills becoming yellow. 



Gills not dusted with ochraceous powder, and not clear 

 shining yellow. 



Russula punctata. Gillet. 



Mild. Pileus 1J-2J in. across, flesh thin, white, reddish 

 under the cuticle ; convex then flattened, viscid, rosy, disc 

 darkest, punctate with dark rufous point-like warts, pale 

 when old ; margin striate ; gills slightly adnexed, 2 lines 

 broad, white then yellowish, edge often reddish ; stem about 

 1 in. long, 4-5 lines thick, attenuated and whitish at the 

 base, remainder coloured like the pileus, stuffed ; spores 

 8-9 fx diameter. 



Bussula punctata, Gillet, Tab. Analyt., p. 48 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 334. 



Among grass. 



Var. leucopus, Cke., Illustr., pi. 1032. 



Stem pure white ; agreeing in other respects with the 

 typical form. 



A small species, readily distinguished by the deep rose- 

 coloured pileus being rough with point-like projections. The 

 typical form is not British. 



