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Pileus carnosulus, late convexus subplanusve, quum humidus, 

 viscidus, margine striatus, albidus, pallido-griseusve, centro bmn- 

 neus, carne alba, sapore miti; lamellae tenues, angustae, confertae, 

 adnatae, flavidae vel cremeae ; stipes aequalis, glabcr, f arctiis vel 

 cavus, albus ; six)rae globosae, flavae, 8-9 :>■ latae. 



Russula serissima 



Pileus fleshy, thin, fragile, convex becoming nearly plane or 

 centrally depressed, viscid when moist, glabroiis, with the margin 

 even or sometimes obscurely striate when old, variable in color, 

 pale olive-green or brownish purple, sometimes spotted in the cen- 

 ter, occasionally pruinose, flesh white or whitish, taste mild or 

 slightly and tardily acrid, odor in the dried or drying plant strong, 

 unpleasant, persistent; lamellae thin, close, 4-8 mm broad, narrowed 

 behind, adnexed sometimes seceding from the stem, cream color 

 or buff, becoming" dingy or smoky in drying ; stem equal or tapering 

 upward, solid but spongy within, white, both it and the flesh as- 

 suming a somewhat smoky hue in drying; spores subglobose, buff 

 yellow, 10-12 X 8-10 !i. 



Pileus 5-7 cm broad ; stem 4-7 cm long, 8-20 mm thick. 



Under fallen leaves in woods. Ellis, Mass. October. Mrs E. 

 B. Blackford and G. E. Morris. 



The pileus varies in color as does the pileus of Russula 

 V a r i a t a Banning and Russula squalida Pk. It is very 

 close to the latter, from which it scarcely differs except in its viscid 

 pileus, its late occurrence, its lamellae and flesh not changing color 

 where wounded and specially in the color of the spore print. 



Pileus carnosus, tenuis, fragilis, convexus, deinde subplanus vel 

 centro depressus, quum humidus viscidus, glaber, margine levis 

 aliquando in senectute leviter striatus, olivaceus vel brunneo-pur- 

 pureus, aliquando centro maculatus, rare pruinosus, carne alba 

 albidave, sapore miti vel leviter tardeque acri, odore ingrato, per- 

 sistente; lamellae, tenues, confertae, 4-8 mm latae, adnexae, cre- 

 meae vel luteolae, deinde fumidae ; stipes aequales vel sursum at- 

 tenuatus, solidus, intra spongiosus, albus, deinde fumosus ; sporae 

 subglobosae, luteo-flavae, 10-12 x 8-10 ,"•. 



Lactarius bryophilus 



PLATE X, FIG. 1-5 



Pileus thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, with an even mar- 

 gin, sometimes slightly umbonate, very viscid or glutinous, reddish 



