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611. 



Ziactazius subdulcis. Fr. " Sweet Lactarius. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, papillate, at length depressed, polished, 

 even, zoneless, rufous -cinnamon; stem stuffed, then hollow, 

 equal, somewhat pruinose, becoming rufous, as well as the crowded, 

 fragile gills ; milk rather mild, white. — Fr. Epicr.p. 346. Bull. t. 

 222, A.B. Soiv. t. 204. Krombh. t. 40,/. 13, 14. Lenz. f. 11, 

 Bolt.t.S. Schceff.t. 73, partli/. Eng.Fl.Y.p.28. Barla.t. 20, 

 /.4-10. 



In woods. Sept. Oct. Common. [S. Carolina.] 



Pileus 1-4 in. broad, dark chocolate, sometimes slightly viscid when 

 young ; milk white, acrid when the plant is old ; gills at length deep brown, 

 scarcely at all forked ; stem 1-2 in, high, 5-2- in- thick, substance looser than 

 in L. quietus, at length hollow. — M. J. B. Spores between papillose and 

 echinulate, diameter '00028 in. 



612. Lactazius camphoratus. Fr. " Camphory Lactarius." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, depressed, dry, somewhat zoned, smooth, 

 brownish-red ; stem stuffed, sub-undulate, of the same colour ; 

 gills crowded, yellowish-red ; milk mild, white. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 346. Bull. t. 667, f.l. Krombh. t. 3d, f. 21-24:. Ann.N.H.no. 

 706. 



In woods. [Low. Carolina.] 



Known by its powerful smell of melilot, which it retains for a long time in 

 the herbarium. Pileus 1^ in. across. — M.J.B. 



Gen. 10. 



RUSSULA, Fr. Gen. Hymen. 



Spores white or very pale yellow, 

 generally echinulate; veil entirely ob- 

 solete ; pileus fleshy, convex, then 

 expanded, and at length depressed ; 

 stem stout, polished, not corticate, 

 generally spongy within, confluent 

 with the hymenophore ; gills nearly 

 equal, milkless, rigid, brittle, with 

 an acute edge, sometimes dropping 

 water ; trama vesiculose. 



Hab. On the ground in late sum- 

 mer and autumn. {Fig. 52.) 



Fig. 52. 



This genus agrees with Lactarins in size, 

 and some other characters, but differs in the 

 absence of milk, and the gills being nearly equal. Odour none, or unpleasant. 

 A few species are edible, but most are noxious. — W. G. S. 



