striate ; stem firm, unequal, rivuloso-rugose ; gills adnate, rather
crowded, unequal, and forked, white, as well as the stem.—Fr.
Epicr.p. 352. Krombh. t. 67, f . 12-19. Vitt.t. 27. Bolt.t. 1. Paul,
t. 7 6 , / 2, 3. Huss. i. t. 89.
In woods. Esculent.
Of mediam size. Stem solid, peculiarly reticulated, attenuated a t the base.
Pileus flesh-red, disc darker, margin at length patent.
626. R u s su la c y a n o x a n th a . Fr. “ Blue and Yellow Russula.”
Mild. Pileus compact, convex, then expanded and depressed,
or infundibuliform, even, rugose or virgate ; margin remotely and
faintly striate ; stem spongy, stuffed but firm, when old cavernose,
equal, smooth, even, wbite ; gills rounded behind, connected by
veins, broad, little crowded, furcate, mixed witb shorter, white.—
Fr.Hym. Suec. ii. p. 194. B . 4 B r. Ann. N .H . (1866), no. 1131.
Schoeff. t. 93. R. vesca, var. b. Fr. E p .p . 353.
In woods. Sept. Finesbade. [United States.]
Colour of the pileus variable, in the typical form lilac or purplish, or
greenish olive, disc growingpaleand yellowish; margin bluish urlivid-pnrple;
flesh firm, of a cheesy consistency, white, under the separable ouliole commonly
reddish ; pileus 2-3 in. broad or more ; stem 2-3 in. long.
627. R u s su la h e te z o p h y lla . Fr. “ Variable Russula.”
Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, then depressed, even,
polished, cuticle very thin, evanescent ; margin thin, even, or
densely striate ; flesh wbite ; stem solid, firm, nearly equal, even,
white ; gills attenuated, nearly free, thin, much crowded, forked
and dimidiate, wbite.—Fr. Epicr. p. 352. Fl. Dan. 1.1909,/. 1.
Paul. t. 75, f . 1-5. Badh. i. 1.1 0 , / 3, ii. t. 3 ,f. 3, 4. Price./. 37.
Smith E .M .f. 3. Hogg. 4 Johnst. t. 9. Berk. Outl.t. 13, / . 5.
Huss. i. t. 84. Cooke. B.F . t. 4.
In woods. Common. Esculent.
Always mild. Stem firm, solid ; pileus never reddish or ^
narrow, much crowded, white. Spores echinnlate, -00021 X
628. R u s su la foetens. Fr. “ Rostid Russula.”
Acrid, fcstid. Pileus búllate, then expanded and depressed,rigid,
cuticle adnate, viscid; disc flesby; margin widely membranaceous,
tuberculoso-sulcate ; stem stout, stuffed, then bollow; gills adnexed,
very unequal, and forked, anastomosing by veins, whitish,
gnit&te.—F r .E p ic r .p . 359. K rom b h .t.7 0 ,f 1-6. B u ll.t.
292. Sow.t.415. Eng. F I.y . p . 22. Smith. P .M .f.1 6 .
In woods. Ju ly—Sept. Common. [United States.]
Generally rancid and stinking, but at times fragrant ; it is not nncommon
to find it as sweet smelling as Ag.odorws, Ball.— W. G. S.
Gregarious. Pileus 4-5 in. broad, at first convex; the margin broadly
folded inwards, convex, at length more or less depressed, with the margin
somewhat vaulted, fieshy in the centre ; margin thin, furrowed and tubercled,
the striæ appearing as if a glutinous membrane were stretched over them,
dirty yellow, rather brittle. Gills forked, dirty white or yeUowish, moderately
broad, connected by veins. Stem 3-4 in. high, above 1 in. thick, obtuse,
incrassated at the base, ruggedly hollow within, as if eaten by snails,
white or with a dirty yellow tinge, depresso-tomentose, beneath the gills
minutely pitted longitudinally, flesh rather yellow. Highly acrid, odour very
strong and penetrating, empyreumatic, somewhat resembiiug that of prussic
acid, but exceedingly disagreeable.—M .J .B . Spores minutely ecbinulate,
almost globular, diameter ’00032 in.
629,
Sect. 5. Fragiles.
R u s su la em e tic a . Fr. “ Emetic Russula.”
Acrid. Pileus flesby, expanded or depressed, polished, sbining;
margin patent, at length sulcate; flesh white beneatb the reddisb
separable cuticle; stem spongy-solid, firm, elastic, even,
white or reddish; gills free, equal, broad, somewbat distant,
white.—Fr. E picr.p. 357. Lenz. f . 15. B u x b .Y .t .4 7 ,f.l. Ann.
N.H. no.333. Krombh. t. 66, f . 4-7 ? Coohe B .F . t.22. E n g .F l.
V . p. 21. Barla. t. 14, f 4-9. Smith P .M .f. 21.
In woods. July—Dec. Poisonous. [United States.]
Pileus 2-5 in. broad, glutinous when young, smooth, hemispherical, at
length plane, depressed in the centre ; margin thin, striato-suleate, purple,
rose-red, bluish, fuscous, yellow, or even white ; gills rather distant, broad,
—Eng. Fl. Known by its very acrid taste and free gills, between which and
the stem is a distinot channel.—iff. J. B. Spores eohinulate, almost globular,
diameter '00028 in.
630. R u s su la o ch r o leu c a . F r, ‘‘ Oohrey Russula.”
Acrid. Pileus fleshy, expanded or depressed, polished, cuticle
adnate, turning p a le ; margin patent, becoming even ; stem
spongy-stuffed, firm, reticulato-rugulose, wbite then cinereous;
gills rounded behind, conneoted, broad, subequal, white tben
pallid.—F r.E p ic r.p . 358. Krombh. t. 64, f . 7-9. Larbr. 1. 19. f . 1.
Buxb. V . t. 45, f . 2. Ann. N .H . no. 7 07.
In fir woods. Sept. [ United States.]