var. o c h io v iiid is . Coolce Illus. t. 1100.
Ochro-vir'idis == ochrey-green.
Pileus flesby, flattened, then depressed (din. or more), at first
viscid, polished when dry, with a tliin adnate pellicle, ochraceous
towards the margin, disc olivaceous or fuliginous; margin spreading,
even, a cu te ; stem short, thick, 2 in. long, lin . thick, reticulately
rugulose, white, rarely growing pallid, flesh fidighious when
cut, stuffed, spongy within ; gills attenuated both ways, lanceolate
(6 mm. broad in the centre), crowded, many furcate, white, becoming
a little dirty white when old. Spores white, subglobose
( 9 x 7 y ) , faintly granular. Taste mild.
On the ground.
Keaembles B. ochroleuca iu tbe rugose stem, but differs iu uot becoming
cinereous, in the dark, dingy olive centre of the pileus, narrow gills, discoloration
of the flesh, and the mild taste. In habit it resembles B. furcata,
but differs in the paler greenish ochre pileus, narrower gills, rugose stem,
and discoloured flesh.
1191. R u ssu la (F uzcat*) san gu in ea . Bull. Champ, t. 42.
Sangitin'ea = of the colour of blood.
Acrid. Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, then gibbous-depressed and
infundibuliform, at length even, moist; margin thin, acute, even;
stem spongy or solid, slightly striate, white or red d ish ; gills
deourrent, thin, very crowded, somewhat forked, connected, white.
—Fr. Hym. Eur. 442. Cooke Illu s. t. 1019.
In woods.
1192. R u ssu la (Fuzcatse) zosacea. Fr. Bym. Fur. 442.
Eosa'cea = rosy.
A t length acrid. Pileus compact, convexo-plane, unequal, viscid,
then dry, variegated with spots; margin acute, even ; stem spongy
or solid, even, white, or reddish ; gills adnate, rather crowded,
plane, unequal, white, divided behind.—Bull. t. 509, f . Z . Cooke
Illus. t. 1020.
In woods.
Spores 8 y.
1193. R u ssu la (Fuzcat®) ma cula ta . Quel. Soc. Bot.Fr., 1877, t. 5,
f . 8. Sacc. Syll. 1804.
Macula'ta = spotted.
Pileus solid, convex, then plane, viscid, reddish flesh-colour, then
pallid, then decoloured, spotted with purple or brown, margin undulate,
and often darker (3in. diam.), flesh white, peppery, reminding
one of the odour of ro s e ; stem short, solid, reticulated
striate, white or somewhat rosy, then spotted with ochre. Gills
attenuated behind, adnate, bifurcate, pallid sulphur, then somewhat
peach-colour. Spores 10 y diam.—Goo/« Illus. t. 1069.
In woods. Epping Forest.
Somewbat like B. depallens, but peppery, and witbont a grey stem, but
witb yellow gills.
1 1 9 4 . R u ssu la (Fuzcat®) sazdonia. Fr. BJym. Fur. 442.
Sardon'ia = a certain bitter plant. Sapor acris is Schaeffer’s
diagnosis of the species.
Pileus fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, then depressed, smooth;
cuticle thin, adnate, viscid, changing colour ; margin even ; stem
spongy or solid, short, white or reddish.; gills adnate, much crowded,
somewhat forked, white, then yellowish.— Cooke Illu s. t. 1037.
Near paths in fir woods.
Spores 9-10 y.
1195. R u ssu la (Fuzcat®) d ep a llen s. Fr. BJym. Fur. 442.
Depallens = becoming pale.
Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, undulate or irregular, even, opaque ;
cuticle thin, viscid, adnate, turning pale ; margin even, a t length
slightly striate ; stem firm, attenuated downwards, white, becoming
cinereous ; gills adnexed, crowded, fragile, furcate behind, whitish.
—-Cooke Illu s. t. 1021.
In pastures.
Gillet.1196. R u ssu la (Fuzcat®) puzpuzea. Tab. Anal. p. 47.
Purpur'ea = purple.
Pileus fleshy, a t first hemispherical, then convex, "and more or
less depressed in the centre, rugose-plicate, dark purple, darker in
the centre, margin even, then faintly striate ( 6 - 1 0 cm. diam.),
flesh yellowish, red beneath the cuticle, stem slightly incrassated
at the base longitudinally striate, white a t the apex, rosy in the
middle, yellowish a t the base ; gills rounded, broad, often bifid,
white, then yellowish.— Cooke Illus. t. 1022.
Under larch.
1197. R u s s u la (F u z c at® ) c rezu le a . Pers Syn. p. 446.
Ccerul'ea = azure.
Mild. Pileus fleshy, convex, flattened or depressed, polished,
margin even ; stem spongy, solid, firm, white ; gills adnate, nearly
equal, turning yellowish, acute a t the apex. Fries Hym. Fur. 443.
Cooke Illu s . t. 1052.
In woods.