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Genus 8. GOMPHIDIUS. Fr. 
Not yet recorded in Australia. 
Genus 9. LACTARIUS. Fr. Epicr, p. 333. 
Hymenophore continuous with the stem. Gills unequal, be- 
tween membranaceous and waxy, rigid, containing a milky fluid, 
edge acute. Spores globose, white, rarely becoming yellowish. 
Tribe 1. Piperites. Stem central, gills unchangeable, naked, 
neither discoloured nor pruinose ; milk at first white, com- 
monly acrid. 
388. Lactarius (Piperites) stenophyllus. Berk. FI. Tasm. 
ii., 248, t. 181, f. 8. Sacc. Syll. 1694. 
Pileus infundibuliform, fleshy, yellowish or whitish, zoned, 
margin involute (10 c.m. broad), stem stuffed, flexuous, of the 
same colour as the pileus (4-5 c.m. long, 12 tn.m. thick), gills very 
narrow, rather flesh coloured. Spores ovate, even. 
On the ground. Tasmania. 
389. Lactarius (Piperites) turpis. Fr. Hym. Fur. 423. 
var. plumbeus. Bull. Champ, t. 282, t. 559, /. 2. 
Fr. Hym. Fur. 429. Sacc. Syll. 1720. 
Pileus compact, convex, at length infundibuliform, dry, un- 
polished, dingy , then blackish brown (7-13 c.m. broad) ; stem solid, 
equal, blunt (3-8 c.m. long) ; gills crowded, white, then yellowish ; 
milk acrid, white, unchangeable. Spores 6-8 x 4-6 p. 
In woods. Victoria. 
390. Lactarius (Piperites) piperatus. Scop. Cam. 449. 
Fr. Hym. Fur. 430. Cooke Illus. t. 979. Sacc. Syll. v., 1727. 
White. Pileus compact, umbilicate, then infundibuliform (4-9 in. 
broad), rather regular, not zoned, even, smooth ; stem solid, thick, 
very short, white (1-2 in. long, 1-2 in. thick) ; gills decurrent, 
arcuate, crowded, narrow, dichotomous, white ; milk copious, acrid, 
white. Spores 8 p diam. 
In woods. Queensland. (Pig. 40). 
Tribe 2. Russularia. Stem central, gills pallid, then discoloured, 
becoming darker, changing when turned to the light, at length 
pruinose ; milk white, at first mild, or mild becoming acrid. 
391. Lactarius (Russularia) subtomentosus. B. Sr Bar. 
Ann. Nat. Hist., Oct., 1869. 
Pileus subtomentose, compact (2-8 in. broad), umber, stem 
hollow (1 in. long, in. thick), whitish at the base, gills broad, 
distant, decurrent, whitish ; milk white, then yellowish, acrid. 
On the ground in swamps. Victoria. N.S. Wales. 
392. Lactarius (Russularia) pallidus. Pers. Syn. 481. 
Fr. Hym. Fur. 431. Sacc. Syll. v., 1737. Cooke Illus. t. 1007. 
Pileus fleshy, obtuse, depressed, smooth, viscid, zoneless, pallid 
(6-10 c.m. broad), stem stuffed, then hollow, pruinose, pallid tan 
