1198. R u ssu la (Furcatæ) dzimeia. Cooke in Gremllea •&., p. 46.
Drimei'a, SpiyGa, fern, of SpLyùs — pungent.
Acrid, peppery. Pileus compact, firm, convex, then depressed,
scarcely viscide when moist, opaque wlien dry, bright purple ;
margin sub-incurved, even; stem solid, firm, cylindrical, equal,
tinged with purple ; gills adnexed, scarcely crowded, narrow and
furcate at the base, a t first pale sulphur, yellow, then deeper yellow,
never white ; spores pale ochre.—Cooke Illus. t. 1023.
On the ground, amongst larch.
Pilens 2-4 inches broad. Stem 2-3 inches long, J -f inch tbick. So
intensely pe] pery that after testing a small fragment, the tongue tingled
for more than half an hour. Tbe colour aud babit similar to R. Queleiii,
but distinguished by the yellow gills, ochraceous spores, and intensely
peppery taste.
Ser. I I I . R i g i d æ . Pileus destitute of a viscid cuticle, absolutely
dry, rigid, cuticle commonly breaking up in grannies or
flocci. Flesh thick, compact, firm, vanishing short of the straight
margin, which is never involute, and always without striæ. Stem
solid, at first hard, then spongy. Gills a few dimidiate, others
divided, rigid, dilated in front, running out with a broadly dilated
apex, hence the margin of the pileus is obtuse.
1199. R u ssu la (Rigidæ) la c te a . Pers. Syn. p. 439.
Lact'ea = milky.
Mild, milk-white. Pileus fleshy, compact, unpolished, then
rivulose; margin straight, thin, obtuse, even ; stem solid, compact,
obese ; gills free, thick, distant, rigid, slightly forked.—F?’.
Hym. Fur. 443. Cooke lllus. t. 1070.
On the ground. Esculent.
var. inca zn a ta . Quel. Ass. Fr., 1882, p. 10.
Incarna'ta =• blood-red.
Pileus convex, depressed, farinose, then areolate, white, tinged
with rose, at length tan coloured, growing pale, flesh white, sweet.
Stem stuffed, firm, pruinose, white, gills adnate, broad, furcate,
rigid, white, then yellowish.— Cooke lllu s . t. 1071.
Under fir trees.
Spores 9 y.
1 2 0 0 . R u ssu la (Rigid®) v iz e sc en s. Schoeff. Icon. t. 94.
Virescens = green.
Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, globose, then expanded and umbilicate,
inuato-flocculose, or areolate and warted ; margin straight,
obtuse, even; stem spongy or solid, stout, sub-rivulose, whitfsh ;’
gills free, rather crowded, unequal, and forked, whitish.— Fr. Mym.
Kur. 443. Berk. Outl. t. 13, f 6 . H u ss.ii., f. 11. Cooke Illus.
t. 1039.
In woods. Esculent.
Spores V-8 y.
1 2 0 1 . R u ssu la (Rig idæ) cute fza c ta . Cooke, in Grevillea x. 46.
Cu'tefracta = with the skin broken.
Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, dry, opaque, variable in colour, green,
purple, dull red, etc., convex, then a little depressed in the centre,
cuticle cracking from the margin inwards into minute firmly adnate
areolæ, otherwise even ; flesh beneath the cuticle tinged with purple ;
stem firm, solid, nearly eqnal, or a little attenuated above, smooth,
slightly tinged with purple; gills somewhat crowded, narrowed
behind, furcate, adnexed, or nearly free, white.—Cooke Illus. t.
1024, 1040.
On the ground in woods.
Pileus 3-4 inobes or more. Stem 3 inches long, often 1 inch tbick.
Allied to R. virescens, which it resembles in the cracking of tbe cuticle, but
differs in the purple tin t beneath, even in green speoimena, and in the tinted
stem, as well as in the colour of the pileus, which is of a darker and different
shade of green, and sometimes of a deep bluish-purple, as well as of a
madder-red.
Spores 10 y.
1 2 0 2 . R u ssu la (Rigidæ) lep id a . Fr. Hym. Eur. 444.
Lep'ida = pretty.
Mild. Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then depressed, u n polished,
silky, rimoso-squamose, becoming pale ; margin patent,
obtuse, even; stem solid, compact, even, white or z'0«y ; gills
rounded, rather tliick, somewhat crowded, many of them forked,
white.—Fmss. I I . , ¿. 32. Hogg. 4 Johnst. t. 4. Cooke Illus. t.
1072, 1073.
In woods. Esculent.
Spores 10 X 8 //.
1 2 0 3 . R u ssu la (Rigidæ) zubza. Fr. Hym. Fur. 444.
Rubra — red.
Acrid. Pilens fleshy, rigid, convex, then plane or depressed,
drv, polished, becoming even ; margin patent, obtuse, without striæ ;
stem solid, hard, stont, white, or red ; gills obtusely adnate, rather
crowded, whitish, often forked and dimidiate.— Cooke lllu s t t.
1025.
In woods.