Russula AGARIC ACE^: 29 1 



pellicle. St. equal, slightly striate, white. G. adnexed, thin, 



crowded, ventricose. 



Taste very acrid. Moist places in woods ; common. Aug. -Oct. 2f x i£ xf in. 

 Var. nivea Cooke. P. white. Var. violacea Cooke. P. violet. Var. 

 fallax Mass. P. dirty reddish, or variously coloured as mid. pale greyish- 

 slate and marg. rose, or mid. brown and marg. rose and white. Included 

 under 1347 by Fries. 



1355. R. punctata Gill, (from the dotted pileus ; punctatus, dotted) a. 

 P. convex to depressed, rosy or purple, punctate with dark 



rufous pointed tubercles, becoming pale ; mid. darker ; marg. 



sometimes cream. St. attenuate downwards, colour as P., 



base whitish, non-punctate. G. adnexed, white to yellowish, 



edge often reddish. 



Taste mild, sweet. Woods, grassy places. July. 2\ x i\ X § in. Var. 

 leucoptis Cooke. St. white. 



1356. R. veternosa Fr. (from its uncertain affinities ; veter?wsus, 



languid) a b. 



P. hemispherical to slightly depressed, deep to pale rose or 



purplish ; mid. usually yellowish or whitish ; marg. plane. St. 



equal, even, white. G. adnexed to adnate, crowded, white 



then straw-colour. 



Suspected poisonous. Taste acrid. Woods, amongst grass under trees. 

 July-Sept. 2§ x 2§ X I in. 



1357. R. integra Fr. (from its frequently perfect form ; integer, 



entire) a b c. 



P. convex to depressed, viscid, red, purplish-crimson or rose with 



marg. buff, or tan, clouded crimson, or dull yellowish, clouded 



pale crimson-brown, or pale yellow with ochre mid. and purple 



marg., or umber, slate-purple or almost black ; marg. sulcate 



and tubercular. St. somewhate ventricose, white, sometimes 



faintly rose or pale yellowish. G. adnexo-free, very broad, 



subdistant, white, sometimes rose or pale purple with ochreous 



base. Pileus sometimes bleaching, almost white. 



Taste mild to astringent. Woods, chiefly pine, oak ; common. June— Nov. 

 5 X 2§ X 15 in. Var. alba Cooke. Whole plant, except gills, cream- 

 white. 



1358. R. deeolorans Fr. (from the changeable colour of the pileus ; 



decolorans, changing colour) a b. 



P. spherical to slightly depressed, orange-red becoming light 

 yellow, sometimes olive-ochre or variegated pale yellow, 

 orange or vermilion. St. rugoso-striate, white, shaded steel- 

 grey or faintest yellow-olive. G. rounded-free, white then 

 yellowish. 



Taste mild. Woods, pine, mixed ; uncommon. Aug. -Sept. 3?X3fxJin. 



1359. R. aurata Fr. (from the golden-yellow pileus ; aurum i gold) 



a b c. 

 P. hemispherical to plane ; mid. scarlet, orange or red ; marg. 

 lemon; sometimes mid. sulphur: marg. vermilion. St. 



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