220 AGARICINI. 



619. Russula saxdonia. Fr. " Changeable Russula." 



Pileiis fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, then depressed, smooth ; 

 cuticle thin, adnate, viscid, changing colour ; margin even ; stem 

 spongy or solid, short, white, or reddish ; gills adnate, much 

 crowded, somewhat forked, white, then yellowish. — Fr.Epicr.p. 

 353. Schoeff. t. 16,/. 5, 6. Kromhli. t. 68,/. 1-4. 



Near paths in fir woods. 



A robust and firm, but not large species. Stem solid, l|-2 in. long, 1 in. 

 thick, even, white, or reddish. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, reddish, pallid yellow, 

 dirty yellow, opaque. 



620. Russula depallens. -FV. " Bleached Eussula." 



Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, undulate or irregular, even, opaque; 

 cuticle thin, viscid, adnate, turning pale ; margin even, at length 

 slightly striate ; stem firm, attenuated downwards, white, be- 

 coming cinereous ; gills adnexed, crowded, fragile, furcate be- 

 hind, whitish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 353. Kromhh. t. Q^^f. 12-13. 



In pastures. [United States.] 



Stem solid, about 1| in. long, Pileus rarely depressed, but often undulate, 

 at first pale-reddish or brownish, then whitish or yellowish, in all states 

 opaque. Flesh white, mild. Gills forked at the base with shorter ones in- 

 termixed. 



Sect. 3. RigidcE. 



621. Russula lactea. Fr. " Milk-white Russula." 



Mild, milk-white. Pileus fleshy, compact, unpolished, then 

 rivulose ; margin straight, thin, obtuse, even ; stem solid, com- 

 pact, obese ; gills free, thick, distant, rigid, slightly forked. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 355. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. (1866) no. 1133. Paul. t. 

 74,/ 2. 



On the ground. Aug. King's CHffe. Esculent. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



The thick, distant gills, and milk-white pileus characterise this fine species. 

 Stem 1^-2 in, long, 1^ in,' thick. Pileus 2 in. broad, atfir&t white, even, then 

 whitish-tan coloured, when dry slightly cracked, 



622. Russula virescens. Fr. " Greenish Russula." 



Mild ; pileus fleshy, firm, globose, then expanded and umbili- 

 cate, innato-flocculose, or areolate and wartcd ; margin straight, 

 obtuse, even ; stem spongy or solid, stout, sub-rivulose, whitish ; 



