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400. Russula (Fragiles) fragilis. Peru. Syn. p. 440. Cooke 
Illus. t. 1091. Hym. Eur. 450. Sacc. Syll. v., 1852. 
Very acrid ; pileus lax, fleshy, thin, plane, depressed, unequal, 
polished, cuticle thin, becoming pale, opaque, slightly viscid (5-6 
c.m. broad) ; margin tuberculoso-striate ; stem stuffed, then hollow, 
shining (2-4 c.m. long) ; gills fixed, thin, crowded, ventricose, 
white ; spores 8 p. 
In woods. Victoria. Queensland. S. Australia. 
401. Russula (Fragiles) subalbida. Pres. Pug. No. 6. 
Pileus rather fleshy, flattened, then depressed, viscid, smooth ; 
margin silicate, lurid white (2-3 c.m. broad) ; stem stuffed, then 
hollow, attenuated upwards, of the same colour (2-3 c.m. long, 4-8 
m.m. thick) ; gills crowded, attenuated behind and adnexed, white ; 
spores subglobose, aculeate, 8-10 x 8 p, basidia clavate. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
** Gills and spores ochraceous. 
402. Russula (Fragiles) alutacea. Fr. Hym. Eur. 453. 
Cooke Illus. t. 1096, 1097. Pace. Syll. 1874. 
Mild ; pileus fleshy, expanded or depressed, with a viscid cuticle, 
growing pale (15 c.m. broad) ; margin thin, at length striate, tuher- 
culose, flesh white ; stem spongy, solid, stout, white or reddish, 
even (12 c.m. long, 2f c.m. thick) ; gills at first free, thick, equal, 
somewhat distant, yellow, then ochraceous tan-coloured, naked; 
spores 11-14 x 8-10 p. 
In woods. Tasmania. 
Genus 11. CANTHARELLUS. Adans. Fung. Ord. V. 
Hvmenophore continuous with the stem, descending in an un- 
changed trama ; gills thick, between fleshy and waxy, fold-like, 
rather branched, with the edge obtuse ; spores white. 
I. Mesopus. Pileus entire ; stem central. 
* Pileus and stem solid, fleshy. 
403. Cantharellus cibarius. Fr. Hym. Eur. 455. Cooke 
Illus. t. 1103. Sacc. Syll. 1882. 
Egg-yellow ; pileus fleshy, firm, at first repand (3-5 c.m. broad), 
smooth, at length turbinate ; stem solid, attenuated downwards ; 
gills thick, distant, of the same colour ; spores 9 x 5-6 p. 
In woods. Esculent. Victoria. Queensland. N.S. Wales. 
404. Cantharellus aurantiacus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 455. Cooke 
Illus. t. 1104. Sacc. Syll. 1886. 
Nearly orange-colour ; pileus fleshy, soft, depressed, rather 
tomentose (5-8 c.m. broad) ; stem stuffed, unequal (5 c.m. long) ; 
gills crowded, straight, dichotomous, darker than the pileus (some- 
times paler than the pileus, nearly white); spores 10 x 5 p. 
In fir woods and on heaths. Queensland. 
