286 AGARICACEiE Russula 



1330. R. Linnsei Fr. (in honour of Linnaeus) a. 



P. convex to piano-depressed, even, smooth, dry, dark purple or 

 blood-red to light rose. St. sometimes hollow, subventricose, 

 deep blood-red to rose. G. adnato-decurrent, rather thick, 

 not crowded, white to pale yellowish. 



Taste mild, sweet. Woods. Oct. 5 x 3! X \\ in. Sometimes white. 



1331. R. xerampelina Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, like dying 



vine-leaves ; Gr. xerampelinai, of the colour of dry vine- 

 leaves) a b c. 

 P. convex to depressed, dry, even, at length finely granulate, 

 rosy-purplish or dark rosy-red, clouded buff; mid. becoming 

 yellowish-white. St. sometimes hollow, equal or slightly 

 attenuate upwards, white or reddish. G. adnexed, somewhat 

 crowded, whitish to yellowish. Flesh whitish. 

 Taste mild ; odour strong of crab. Woods, fir, grassy places. July-Oct. 

 4l X 3| X i in. 



1332. R. olivacea Fr. (from the colour of the pileus, at length 



olive) a b. 

 P. hemispherical to slightly depressed, slightly silky-squamulose, 



dull purple to olivaceous or fuscous-olivaceous, not lustrous. 



St. equal or ventricose, pallid, rose-colour or clouded pale 



purple or orange-crimson, crimson and ochre at base. G 



adnexed, yellow. 

 Edible. Taste mild. Woods, pine, grassy places. Aug. 4 x 3 X £ in. 



1333. R. serotina Quel, (from its sometimes late appearance ; 



serotinus, backward) a b. 

 P. hemispherical to flat, pruinose, sooty-purplish or olive, or 

 clouded-slate and dull olive ; marg. lilac or purplish-reddish. 

 St. equal or attenuate downwards, wrinkled, mealy, white. G. 

 adnexed, crowded, yellowish-white. 



Taste acrid. Under beeches. Aug.-Sept. \\ x 1 X T 3 ff in. 



1334. R. Duportii Phill. (after the Rev. Canon J. M. Du Port) a b. 

 P. convex to depressed, smooth ; mid. rufous, dull purplish, 



brown, or flesh-red ; marg. becoming indistinctly striate and 

 tuberculate, dull bluish or greenish. St. minutely striate, 

 glabrous, white or dull sienna-white. G. rounded, broad, 

 distant, white or faintly yellowish. Flesh reddish-brown 

 when cut. 

 Taste mild, pleasant ; odour of crab. Woods. Sept. 2§ x 2.\ X f in. 



d. Heterophyllce. 



1335. R. vesea Fr. (from its edible qualities ; vescus, eatable) a b c. 

 P. convex to depressed, viscid, slightly wrinkled, rose-purple, 



red-flesh-colour, liver, tan-buff umber or ochre, or clouded 

 purple and buff; mid. usually darker, not becoming pale. 



