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fragile, rugulose under a lens, white or yellowish; stuffed, 

 soon hollow; taste mild; spores subglobose, pale yellow^ 

 echinulate, 10 x 8-0 jx. 



Mussula puellaris, Fries, Epicr., p. 3G1 ; Cke., Hdbk., p, 337 ; 

 Cke., lllustr., pi. 1065. 



In woods. 



Among the most frequent and readily recognised of species,, 

 occuriing in troops. Always small, thin, taste mild. Allied 

 to B. nitida, but more slender, colour paler, and not shining^ 

 (Fries.) 



Distinguished from It. nitida and B. nauseosa by the absence- 

 of smell. 



Var. intensior, Cke., Hdbk., p. 337; Cke. lllustr., j)l.. 

 1066. 



Nearly the same size as the typical form; pileus deep- 

 23urple, nearl}^ black at the disc. 



In woods, &c. 



The stem has a tendency to become thickened at the base^ 

 and turns yellowish when touched. Spores 10 x 8 /x- 

 ( Cooke.) 



Far. roseipes, Secretan, Myc. Suis., no. 483; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 337 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 1081. 



Pileus 1-1 2^ in. across, margin thin shortly tuberculately 

 striate, convex then flattened and depressed, viscid, soon dr^^,. 

 rosy flesh-colour, rosy-orange, or rosy with a tinge of ocl're, 

 at first spotted with white, then becoming bleached ; gills 

 free, sometimes "\\ith a decurrent tooth, crowded, equal, 

 forked behind, connected by veins ; whiti.sh then ochraceous 

 egg- yellow ; stem about 2 in. long, 4 lines thick at the base, 

 slightly thinner upwards, white, sprinkled here and there 

 with rosy meal, flesh white, lacunose ; taste mild ; spores- 

 globose, minutely echinulate, pale ochraceous, 8-10 fx. diam. 



In woods. 



I Pileus wJiite or cream-colour. 



Russula virginea. Cke. & Mass. 



Mild. Every part persistently pure white. Pileus about 

 2 in. across, flesh thick, firm ; convex then more or less de- 

 pressed, smooth, even, viscid when moist, polished when dr^v 

 margin even, arched ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded, nut 



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