In this new series of Fungal Biodiversity Profiles, the author describes ten basidiomycetes, all new species of Lactarius subg. Russularia from China, using both morphological and ITS sequence data. Descriptions are provided for L. albidigalus, L. asiaeorientalis, L. conglutinatus, L. fulvihirtipes, L. marasmioides, L. neglectus, L. qinlingensis, L. subatlanticus, L. subgracilis and L. tuberculatus.