68 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, rosy or flesh-colour, soon becoming 

 pale, disc whitish or j'ellowish. (Fries.) 



Distinguished among species with pale yellow gills hy the 

 cleitr rosy or pinkish flesh-coloured, quite even pileus, and 

 the even, white stem which soon becomes hollow. 



Russula maculata. Quel. 



Acrid. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thin, white, firm ; 

 convex then plane or slightly depressed, viscid, reddish 

 flesh-colour, then pallid or yellowish especially at the disc, 

 irregularly blotched or spotted with purple or brown ; 

 margin often wavy, often cracked when old ; gills adnate, 

 narrowed behind, 2 lines broad, forked, pale sulphur then 

 peach-colour; stem 1-1 J in. long, ^ in. or more thick, equal, 

 with anastomosing wrinkles, white or tinged rose-colour, 

 then spotted with ochre, solid; spores 10 /* diameter. 



Bussula maculata, Quel., Soc. Bot. France, 1877, t. 5, f. 8 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 322 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1069. 



In woods. 



Somewhat resembling B. depallens, but smaller, acrid, stem 

 not becoming grey. 



Russula serotina. Quel. 



Acrid. Pilens up to 1 in. across, flesh thin, white; 

 globose then more or less expanded, purplish-brown or 

 olivaceous, margin lilac, covered with a white bloom at first ; 

 gills almost free, about 1 line broad, not crowded, white, 

 then with a yellow.tinge, margin slightly broken ; stem about 

 1 in. long, 1| line thick, slightly wrinkled, white, rather 

 mealy, stuffed ; spores 8-9 /x, diameter. 



Busi-ula serutirta, Quelet, Soc. Bot. France, 1878, p. 289, 

 I. 3, f. 11 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 327; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1042b. 



On the ground under beeches, &c. 



Eeadily distinguished by its small size, the pileus rarely 

 measuring 1 in. across. 



•* Gilh white. 



■f Pileus ochraceous or umber. 



Russula cchroleuca. Fr. (fig. 1 , p. 3.) 

 Acrid. Pileiis 3-4 in. across, flesh thick ; convex then ex- 



