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same colour, but entirely different from it in the firm solid flesh, in the gills Russula. 

 being adnate, then deeply decurrent, and acuminate in front. 



In woods, chiefly fir. Uncommon. Aug. -Sept. 



Poisonous. Name-w^/w, blood. Blood-coloured. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 

 188. Hym. Eur. p. 442. Berk. Out. p. 210. C. Hbk. n. 617. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 587. Ag. Bull. t. 42. 



8. R. rosacea Fr. — Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, somewhat 

 flesh-coloured varying in intensity, becoming whitish when the 

 pellicle disappears, often variegated with darker spots when dry, 

 compactly fleshy, at first convex, then expanded, obtuse, com- 

 monly imequal, repand, even incised, covered with a pellicle 

 which is viscid and separable in wet weather, margin acute, even; 

 flesh firm, cheesy, white. Stem about 5 cent. (2 in.) long, solid, 

 firm, at length spongy internally, even, smooth, occasionally ven- 

 tricose, white or reddish. Gills in every stage of growth adnate, 

 thin, crowded, fragile, forked behind, with dimidiate ones inter- 

 mixed, always persistently white. 



Taste slowly acrid. Allied to R. sanguinea but irregular, often excentric 

 with the pileus somewhat repand, scarcely depressed, and the gills less crowded, 

 broader, less divided, scarcely connected. 



In mixed woods. Frequent. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores papillose, almost globose, 7 mk. IV.G.S. Name — rosa, a rose. 

 Rose-coloured. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 188. Hym. Eur. p. 442. Berk. Out. p. 

 210. C. Hbk. n. 618. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 588. Ag. Bull. t. 509./. Z. 



9. R. sardonia Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, reddish, 

 &c, fleshy, compact, convex then plane, rarely depressed, but 

 here and there repand, with an adnate pellicle which is viscid in 

 wet weather and soon changes colour — and then often spotted, 

 margin even. Stem 4-5 cent. (i/^~ 2 in.) long, almost 2.5 cent. 

 (1 in.) thick, solid, firm, but at length spongy within, even, white 

 or reddish. Gills adnate, crowded, broad, somewhat forked, 

 white, exuding watery drops in wet weather, whence arise yel- 

 lowish spots when dry. 



Robust, firm. The colour is very changeable, sometimes reddish, sometimes 

 pallid with yellow spots, sometimes dingy yellow, opaque. Flesh same as in / 

 R. rosacea, &c. Intermediate between R. rosacea and R. i.jrpallens, but dis- cAJ2- 

 tinct from both in the colour becoming yellow. ' 



In woods, chiefly fir. Uncommon. Sept. 



Name — from its acrid taste. Herba Sardonia (probably Ranunculus 

 sceleralus), screwing the mouth with its bitterness. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 189. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 442. Berk. Out. p. 211. C. Hbk. n. 619. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 589. Ag. Krombh. t. 68. /. 1-4. — Schceff. t. 16./. 5, 6. 



10. R. depallens Fr.— Pileus pallid reddish or inclining to 



