vai’. v io la c e a . Quel. ffss. Fr. 1882, i. W,jig. 13.
Viola'cea = violet.
Pileus depressed (3-5 cm.), tliin, viscid, striate, bright violet
with a narrow white margin, sometimes spotted with yellow, green,
or olive ; flesh soft, white, peppery ; stem spongy, then hollow,
fragile, slender, striate, pruinose, white ; gills adnate, crowded,
thin, white; spores 8-9 y, spinnlose.—Cooke Illus. t. 1060 A.
In shady woods.
1 2 3 0 . R u s s u la (F ra g ile s ) p u n c ta t a . Gillet Tab. An. p. 48.
Punctaita = dotted.
Pilens fleshy (5-6 cm. diam.), margin striate, attenuated,
convex, then flattened, viscid, rosy, darker in the centre, punctate
with dark rnfons point-like tubercles, growing pale when old.
Stem stuffed, of the colour of the pilens, attenuated a t the base
and whitish (3 -4 x 1 cm,). Gills adherent, convex, white, then
yellowish, edge often reddish ; flesh white, reddish under the
cuticle of the pileus, sweet.— Cooke lllu s. t. 1032.
In woods.
Spores 8-9 y.
** Gills and spores white, then yellowish or bright lemon yellow.
1231. R u s s u la (F ra g ile s ) v e te rn o s a . Fr. Eym. Far. 450.
F iiiî’wo'sa = sleepy, languid. From its doubtful affinities.
Acrid. Pileus loosely fleshy, plane, then depressed, polished,
cuticle thin, adnate, becoming pale ; margin membranaceous, even ;
stem spongy, then hollow, soft, equal, even, fragile, white ; gills
adnate, narrow, broader behind, unequal, straw-coloured.— Cooke
Illus. t. 1033, 1092.
On the ground.
Spores 8-9 y.
1 2 3 2 . R u s s u la (F ra g ile s ) in te g r a . Linn. Suec. No, 1230.
Int'egra = whole ; perfect in form.
Mild. Pilens fleshy, expanded or depressed, with a viscid
cuticle, growing pale ; margin thin, at length sulcate and tuberculose
; flesh white; stem spongy, stuffed, even, ventricose, white;
gills nearly free, very broad, equal, distant, white, then pallid,
powdered with yellow.—Fr. Hijm. Eur. 450. Cooke Illus. t. 1034,
1093.
In woods.
var. alba. Coolce Illus. t. 1094.
H ¿¿a = white.
Whole plant of a creamy white.
On the ground.
1 2 3 3 . R u ssu la (F ragiles) decolorans. Fr. Eym. Far. 451.
De-color ans = c\ia'a-ging colour.
Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, spherical, then expanded or depressed,
polished, thin, cuticle becoming pale ; margin thin, ev en ; stem
spongy, solid, elongated, cylindrical, rugoso-striate, white, then
cinereous as well as the flesh; gills adnexed, forked behind, thin,
crowded, white, then yellowish.— Cooke Illu s. t. 1079.
In woods.
1 2 3 4 . R u ssu la (Fragiles) aurata. With. Arr. iv., 184.
Aura'ia = golden.
Becoming acrid. Pileus fleshy, rigid, convexo-plane, shining ;
margin a t length s tria te ; flesh under the viscid cuticle lemon-
coloured; stem spongy or compact, rather striate, white or lemon-
coloured; gills rounded behind, free, broad, equal, shining, «dgf«
lemon-yellow.—F r. Hym. Eur. 452. Cooke Illus. t. 1080.
In woods.
1 2 3 5 . R u ssu la (Fragiles) Barlse. Quelet. Ass. Fr. 1883, t. v i .,/. 12.
Barlce, after J . B. Barla, mycologist, of Nice.
Pileus convex, then flattened and depressed ( 2 |- 3 | in.), compact,
viscid, then dry, even, peach-coloured, yellow, tinged with orange
red, sometimes cracking ; flesh firm, sweet, white, slightly smelling
of melilot, stem fleshy, spongy, firm, silky pruinose, snow white
(2 in. long, ^ in. thick), gills wliite, then becoming pallid ochraceous.
Spores sub-globose, granular, 12 X 10 y .—-Cooke Illu s. t.
1061.
Among grass, under trees.
The flesh o£ the stem turns redrlish-brown when cut, and the odour iu
age is ratlier that of crab than of melilot.
var. cuprea. Kromhh. t. 66, f . 1-3.
Cup'reus = coppery.
Pileus convex, then rather plane, obtusely umbonate, a t length
expanded, depressed in the centre, copper-colour or dark brick red,
turning yellowish, centre darkest, smooth, rather shining, somewhat
viscid ; margin acute, a little inflexed, sulcate. Gills broad,
rather thick, equal, bright yellow or orange, arcuate. Stem