62 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



pressed, smooth, dry, margin even, obtuse. Stem 1 in. or 

 more high, 5-8 lines thick, spongy, stuffed, minutely striate, 

 glabrous, white ; gills rounded behind, broad, distant, white ; 

 spores 10 /x diameter. 



On the ground in woods. 



The flesh tuins reddish-brown when cut, and the odour is 

 that of the common crab. (Phillips.) 



Var. lilacea ; Bussula lilacea, Quelet, Bull. Bot. Soc. 

 Fr., 1876, t. xi., f. 8; Cke., Hdbk., p. 327; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 1054. 



Mild. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thickish, lilac under the 

 cuticle ; convex then depressed, viscid, violet or purple, the 

 striate margin becoming pale ; gills adnexed, distant, ventri- 

 cose, white, connected by veins; stem 1|-2| in. long, 

 fragile, w^hite, base more or less tinged with rose-colour, 

 pruinose above, spongy, flesh white, becoming rusty when 

 cut. 



In woods. 



Var. Barlae ; Bussula Barlae, Quelet, Assoc. Fr., 1883, 

 t. vi. f. 12 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 335; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1061. 



Mild. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick ; viscid 

 then dry, even, peach-coloured, or yellow tinged with orange- 

 red, sometimes cracking ; flesh firm, sweet, white, smelling 

 slightly of melilot; gills narrowed behind, almost free, 

 2 lines and more broad, white then becoming tinged ochra- 

 ceous ; stem l-l-J in. long, up to f in. thick, silkily pruinose, 

 snow-white, spongy, firm, flesh white turning reddish-brown 

 when cut ; spores 10 x 12 /x. 



Among grass under trees. 



The flesh of the stem turns reddish-brown when cut, and 

 the odour is rather that of crab than of melilot. (Cooke.) 



Russula depallens. Fr. 

 Mild. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, white ; 

 convex then plane, rarely depressed, but often wavy and 

 deformed, smooth, pellicle adnate, margin spreading, even, 

 slightly striate when old, colour reddish or brownish at first, 

 then whitish or yellowish, especially at the disc, opaque in 

 every state; gills adnexed, broad, crow^ded, distinct, but 



