3. K. delica, F r .; pileus fleshy all over, firm, umhilioate,
even, shining; margin involute, smooth, even, white, as well
as the solid, compact stem; gills thin, decurrent, distant,
white.
In woods. Not common. King’s Cliffe. Resembling Lactarius
vellereus, from the juiceless state of wliicb it requires to
be carefully distinguished. Bolt. t. 28 is referred by Fries
doubtfully to R. elephantina. He evidently confused it with
Russula fmtens.
** Pileus opaque, clotlied xoith a thin, closely adnate pellicle, viscid
when moist, hut which disappears ivhen the plant is old; margin
at length striate, hut never tuherculate.
4. E. sangulnea, F r .; acrid; pileus firm, fleshy, convex,
tlien depressed and gibbous, at length even, moist; margin
thin, acute, even; stem solid, spongy, slightly striate, white
or pinkish; gills thin, decurrent, very crowded, somewhat
forked, connected, white.—Bull. t. 42.
In woods. Not common. King’s Cliffe, etc. Gills narrow;
flesh very firm. Pileus generally blood-red.
5. E. rosacea, F r . ; at length acrid; pileus compact, convexo
plane, unequal, viscid, then dry, variegated with spots;
margin acute, even; stem solid, spongy, even, white or pinkish;
gills adnate, rather crowded, plane, unequal, white, divided
behind.—Bull. t. 509. /. Z.
In woods. Not common. Fineshade, Northamptonshire.
Pileus generally deep red.
6. B. furcata, F r .; mild, at length hitter; pileus fleshy, rigid,
at length depressed, funnel-shaped, even, partially shining,
with a silky lustre, at length smooth; margin even, acute;
stem stout, firm, even, attenuated downwards, white as well
as the adnato-decurrent, rather thick, somewhat distant,
forked gills.—Kromb. t. 62. /. 1, 2.
Common. Generally greenish,In woods, hut variable in
colour.
7. E. vesca, Fr.; mild, sweet to the taste; pileus firm,
fleshy, umbilicate, convex, then expanded, funnel-shaped,
venoso-rugose; flesh reddish under the viscid pellicle; margin
even, or at length remotely striate; stem firm, unequal, rivu-
loso-rugose, white, as well as the adnate, rather crowded,
unequal, forked gills.—Bo«, t. 1. [Huss. i. t. 89.)
In woods. Not common. Esculent. Kent, Mrs. Hussey.
8. E. heterophylla, F r .; mild; pileus firm, fleshy, convexo-
plane, then depressed, even, polished; pellicle very thin, evanescent
; margin thin, even, or densely striate; flesh white;
stem solid, firm, nearly equal, even, white, as well as the attenuated,
nearly free, very crowded, forked, and dimidiate gills.
(Plate 13, fig. 5.)—Huss. i. t. 84.
In woods. Common. Esculent. Very variable in colour.
9. E. depallens, F r .; mild; pileus firm, fleshy, undulated,
irregular, even, opaque; pellicle thin, viscid, adnate, turning
pale; margin even, at length slightly striate; stem firm, attenuated
downwards, white, becoming cinereous; gills adnexed,
crowded, hrittle, forked behind, dirty-white.—Kromb. t. 66.
/ . 12, 13.
In pastures. Laxton, Northamptonshire. Stem iu my specimens
spongy, and not attenuated. Pileus red, changing to
white.
10. E. sardonia, F r .; pileus fleshy, firm, convexo-plane,
then depressed, smooth; pellicle thin, adnate, viscid, changing
colour; margin even; stem solid, spongy, short, wliite or reddish
; gills adnate, very crowded, somewhat forked, yellow.—
Kromb. t. 63. f. 1-4.
Near paths in fir-woods, as at Coed Coch. A small species.
Pileus dull yellow.
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