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The Dung Stropharia (Ag. \Strofiharia] merdaria, Page 14), 
is a small toadstool which grows on dry dung. The cap is viscid 
and of a yellowish brown colour. The gills are greyish yellow 
and the stem fibrous. There is usually the remains of a ring round 
the upper part of the stem. 
The Tufted Psathyrella (Ag. \Psathyrella\ disseminatus, 
Page 15), grows in dense tufts on old stumps. It has black spores. 
The cap is greyish yellow, striated round the margin and covered 
with scattered scaly particles. The gills are at first grey and later 
black. It is a fragile little plant. 
The Black Russule (Russula nigricans. Page 16), is a large 
coarse toadstool which grows in woods. It is white or greyish at 
first but turns reddish when bruised. As it gets older it becomes 
blackish. The gills, also, white at first, are widely separated from 
one another. 
The Scorched Russule (Russula adusta, Page 17), also grows 
in woods. It is at first white but soon becomes spotted with sooty- 
grey stains as if it had been scorched. It is not unlike the Black 
Russula above described, but differs from it in being smaller, drier 
and less juicy, and in never changing to a reddish tint when bruised. 
The gills too are much more crowded together. 
The Brazen-faced Russule (Russula ochroleuca, Page 18), is 
a fair sized toadstool w'hich grows in woods. It has a dingy yellow 
cap, broad white gills very evenly arranged, and a greyish white 
stem. Its taste is acrid and it is believed to be poisonous. 
The Dirty Lactar (Lactarius turpis, Page 19), is a large toad- 
stool yielding a white milk when injured or broken. The cap is 
covered with a dark olive slime. The gills are very crowded, pale 
pink or straw coloured, and spotted with brown where injured. 
The stem is stout and short and of an olive colour. It is distinguished 
from the Slimy Lactar (Lactarius blennius, Page 37, First Series), 
which closely resembles it by the darker colour and downy incurved 
margin of the cap of the Slimy Lactar. 
The Woolly White Lactar (Lactarius vellereus, Page 20), 
also exudes a milky juice when cut or injured, but this is usually very 
small in quantity. It is a large toadstool with a pure white cap, 
w'hich generally becomes almost cup-shaped when mature. The cap 
is somewhat woolly but is never flesh coloured like the cap of the 
Woolly Milk Mushroom (Lactarius torminosus) shown on Page 36 
of the First Series. 
The Parrot Hygrophorus (Hygrophorus psittacinus, Page 21), 
is a small Fungus which grows in fields. The cap is covered by a 
brilliant green slime, and as this gets washed off and exposes the 
yellow or orange colour of the rest of the toadstool, most brilliant 
effects are produced. 
The Melon Hygrophorus (Hygrophorus pratensis, Page 22), 
is a very beautiful form which grows in meadows and woods. It 
is of a beautiful orange colour and has often a melon-like smell. 
The gills are widely separated. 
