siiiiiller, odour somewhat disagreeable ; taste slightly acrid.—
Cooke Illus. t. 10 4 7 .
On the ground.
Spores 10 X 8 /I.
121 S. R u ssu la (Heterophyllse) f e lle a . Fries Eym. Fur. 447.
Ie ll'e a = (n\\ of gall, bitter.
Very acrid. Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane, polished,
opaque, not growing pale, margin even, at length striate, fiesh firm,
stem spongy, stuffed, then hollow, even ; gills adnate, crowded,
nearly equal, or bifid behind, white, then straw colour.— Cooke Illus.
t. 105 8 .
In beech woods.
Whole plant straw-coloured.
12 1 9 . R u ssu la (Heteiophyll®) e le g a u s. Bres. Fun. Trid. t. 25.
El'egans = pretty.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then rather depressed ; margin
tuberculose, striate when old, viscid, bright rosy flesh colour, soon
ochraceous at the circumference, wholly densely granulate (3 -5
cm.) ; .stem spongy, stuffed, then hollow, a little thickened a t the
base, white, ochraceous below, rather rugulose (3 -5 X 1 cm.), flesh
white, turning ochraceous and acrid with age, gills attenuated
behind, adnexed or slightly rounded, very crowded, equal, rarely
furcate, whitish, becoming with age wholly or here aud there orazzyg
ochre. Spores 8 - 1 0 diam.— Cooke lllu s. t. 1 0 2 7 .
In moist woods.
1 2 2 0 . R u ssu la (Heteiophyllse) Q u e le tii. Fries Hym. Fur, 44&.
Quelet'ii, in honour of Mons. L. Quffiet.
Acrid. Pileus compact, campanulate, convex, then plane, even,
viscid, dark violet or dusky, margin slightly striate, purplish, litac;
stem spongy, mealy, violet-purple, gills attennated, unequal or
forked, weeping, white. — Quel. Jura t. 24, f. 6. Cooke lllu s . t.
10 2 8 .
In fir woods.
12 2 1 . R u ssu la (Heterophyllse) e x p a lle n s . GHllet Tab. p . 49.
Expallens — becoming pale, losing colour.
Pileus flesby, firm, rather depressed, viscid, bright purple, centre
dark purple ( 6-8 cm. diam.), at length decoloured, except the disc.
cuticle separable, flesh purple, stem cylindrical, firm, equal, or a
little thickened a t the base (5 - 8 x 2 cm.), turning purple, mealy.
Gills pallid yellow, furcate a t the base, broad.—Cuo/e Illus. t.
1029.
Under trees.
Ser. V. F r a g il e s . Pileus more or less fieshy, rigid, b u t
fragile, pellicle always continuous, viscid after rain and rather
separable ; margin membranaceous, a t first connivent, not involute,
when mature sulcate or tuberculose. Flesh commonly fioccose,
lax, friable, stem spongy, at length wholly soft and hollow. ^ Gills
nearly all equal, simple, becoming broadest in front, free in t h e
pileus when closed.
* Gills and spores white.
1 2 2 2 . R u s su la (F rag ile s ) em e t ic a . Fr. Eym. Fur. 4 ^ .
Emetica = making sick, inciting to vomit.
Acrid. Pileus fleshy, expanded or depressed, pohshed, shining ;
margin patent, at length sulcate ; flesh white, reddish beneath the
separable cuticle ; stem spongy-solid, firm, elastic, even, white or
reddish ; g ills /« « , equal, broad, somewhat distant, white.— Goo/«
Illus. i. 1Ò30.
In woods.
Spores 8 /a.
var. c lu s ii. Fries Hym. Fur, 449.
Clusii = in honour of Clusius.
Pilous convex, then expanded, blood red, flesh white, turning
yellowish, gills obsoletely adnexed, a t length adnate, pallid,
yellowish.— Cooke Illus. 1.1031.
In woods.
Spores 10 y,
var. fa lla x . Schcef. t. 16, f.1-3-
Fa lla x = deceiving.
Thinner, more fragile, pileus dirty reddish, or variedly coloured,
opaque, discoid, gills adnexed, distant, whitish or watery pallid.—
zr.-'-- Eym. Eur. 449.Fr Cooke Illus. t. 1059.
In moist places.
Spores 8 y.