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HYMENOMYCETES 
persistently white and extremely acrid from the first. 
G. adnato-decurrent, crowded, yellowish at first, then pale- 
red. 5 . 2-3 in., a little paler than the pileus, clothed with 
white down at the base, stuffed, fragile. Very common 
throughout sum. and aut. in dry pine woods. Gregarious. 
Abundantly distinctive, always bright reddish - cinnamon, 
always with an umbo and usually under firs. 
L. subdulcis ( dulcis , sweet — taste somewhat sweet), a 
reddish species (P. i-J -24 in.), common in pine and mixed 
woods; may be known from L. vufus by its sweet taste at 
: first (becoming acrid if kept in the mouth a little time) and 
hollow stem at maturity. 
L. serifluus (serum, whey ; fluo , to flow—from the watery 
milk) is allied to L. subdulcis, but is much smaller; the 
margin of the pileus is incurved, the stem is solid, and the 
scanty milk is the colour of whey. It is frequent in mixed 
woods and damp places. L. mitissimus (mitissimus, very 
mild—from its taste), a common woodland species also 
closely allied to L. subdulcis, is distinguished by the per¬ 
sistently mild milk, and the bright shining tawny-orange 
pileus and stem. 
Section IV.—PLEUROPUS 
L. obliquus (from the oblique stem). 
P. about 3 in. (rarely 6 in.), lobate, whitish, zoned with 
grey. G. crowded white. S. about 1 in., rather excentric, 
curved, stuffed or hollow. Milk white. Occurring in Oct. in 
tufts on beech trunks, burnt stumps, etc. Uncommon. At 
once known by the habitat and excentric stem. 
RUSSULA 
( Russulus , reddish—from the frequently reddish colour 
of the pileus) 
Rigid, brittle, and fleshy fungi; usually gregarious ; occur¬ 
ring in late sum. and aut. All are terrestrial. 
