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Section II.— Dapetes 
Stem central. Gills naked. Milk coloured from the first. 
Section III.—Russularia 
Stem central. Gills pallid, then discoloured, becoming powdered 
with the white spores. Milk white at first, mild, or mild becoming 
acrid. 
Section IV.—Pleuropus 
Stem excentric or lateral. 
Section I.— PIPERITES 
L. torminosus ( tormina , gripes—from its extreme acridity). 
Plate XLIV. n. 
P. 2-5 in., viscid when moist, slightly zoned, a beautiful 
ochre or pale flesh colour ; margin strongly incurved for 
some time, shaggy, whitish. F. pallid. Milk white, very 
acrid, not changeable. G. slightly decurrent, very narrow 
and crowded, yellower and paler than the pileus. S. 1J-3 in., 
thick, slightly hairy or almost glabrous, attenuated below, 
dry, stuffed, soon hollow, colour of pileus or paler. Common 
in out. amongst heather. In spite of its acridity, this species 
is preserved in salt for winter use in Russia, and eaten with 
oil and vinegar. The white mould, changing to yellow and 
dark brown, frequently seen on the gills, is Hypomyces 
torminosus. 
L. cilicioides (Gr. kilikion, goat’s-hair cloth; eidos, appear¬ 
ance—from the tomentose pileus), frequent in similar 
situations; differs from the preceding chiefly in the dingy 
or darker stem, absence of zones on the pileus, and the 
yellowish milk. It is the connecting link with L. tuvpis 
( turpis, base—from its ugliness), which may be easily 
recognised by the dark zoneless pileus covered with a 
tenacious olive gluten, the yellowish-olive and strongly 
incurved downy margin, and the solid, hard stem. It is a 
gregarious species, very common in ant. in woods and by 
roadsides, especially on sandy soils. 
