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margin, besides being altogether a larger and more robust, 

 form. 



Lactarius (Russ.) minimus. W. G. Sm. 



Pileus about ^ in. across, fleshy at the disc ; convex and 

 somewhat umbonate, excentric, smooth, even, margin in- 

 curved, pallid tan or pallid ; gills slightly decurrent, distant, 

 arcuate, pallid; stem up to | in. long, 1 line thick, coloured 

 like the pileus, solid ; spores globose, echinulate, 3-4 p. ; milk 

 copious, white, mild. 



Lactarim minimus, W. G. Smith, Journ. Bot. 1873, p, 205 - r 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 986e.; Cke., Hdbk., p. 318. 



In pastures and woods. 



Distinguished by its small size. 



IV. PLEUROPUS. 



Lactarius (Pleur.) obliquus. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh rather thick at the disc, 

 margin thin; plane then depressed, oblique, lobed, silky, white- 

 then yellowish, more or less zoned with grey, even ; gills 

 very slightly decurrent, crowded, about H line broad, white ; 

 stem about 1 in. long, rather excentric, curved, 2 lines thick, 

 even, coloured like the pileus; spores globose, echinulate, 

 6 fj. ; milk white. 



Lactarius obliquus, Fries, Epicr., p. 348; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 319; Cke., Illustr., pi. lOUu. 



On trunks, banks, &c. 



Caespitose, slender, fragile, smell strong, pileus deformed. 

 (Fries.) 



In Cooke's figure the gills are dingy yellow, and the 

 pileus without zones. 



RUSSULA. Fries, (figs. 1, 2, 3, p. 3.) 



Pileus regular, rigid, usually becoming more or less de- 

 pressed ; gills rigid, fragile owing to the trama being com- 

 posed of large spherical cells, edge thin and acute; stem 

 central, stout, rigid ; veil entirely absent ; spores subgloboso r 

 minutely verruculose or echinulate, white or yellow. 



