54 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



nected "by veins. Spores white, round. Stem obtuse, short, 

 thick, surface like that of the pileus. (Berk.) 



Russula densifolia. Seer. 



Mild. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh thick, firm, white, 

 becoming red when broken, at length blackish ; convex 

 then depressed, smooth, whitish when young, then dingy, 

 brown or greyish, disc darker, margin arched, even ; gills 

 adnate, appearing to be slightly decurrent when the pileus 

 is depressed, 23 lines broad, close, thin, white or with a 

 tinge of pink ; stem 1^-2 in. long up to f in. thick, equal, 

 even, slightly mealy, white then grey, at length blackish ; 

 spores 78 //, diameter. 



Eussula densifolia, Secretan, Myc. Suis., i. p. 476; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 320; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1017. 



In woods, &c. 



Allied to It. adusta, and about the same size and 

 appearance, but distinguished by the flesh turning red on 

 being broken. Smaller and with much thinner and more 

 crowded gills than B. nigricans. 



|f Pileus clear yellow. 



Eussula citrina. Gillet. 



Mild. Pileus 2-3 in. across, slightly fleshy at the disc, 

 margin thin ; convex then more or less expanded and 

 slightly depressed, rather viscid when moist, smooth, slightly 

 wrinkled at the margin when old, bright lemon-yellow, colour 

 usually uniform, sometimes paler at the margin, occasionally 

 with a greenish tint, centre of pileus at length becoming 

 pale ochraceous ; pellicle separable ; gills slightly decurrent, 

 broadest a short distance from the margin, and gradually 

 becoming narrower towards the base, forked at the base and 

 also sometimes near the middle, white, 1| line deep at 

 broadest part ; stem 2-3 in. long, about 4 lines thick, equal 

 or slightly narrowed at the base, slightly wrinkled, straight 

 or very slightly waved, solid ; spores subglobose, echinulate, 

 8 /*. diameter. 



Eussula citrina, Gillet, Hymen. Fr, Suppl. 6; Cke., 

 Hdbk, p. 333 ; Cke, Illustr, pi. 1078. 



