110 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



Section. Flesh thick, compact, brittle, pale lemon. Stem solid, 

 spongy. Gills white -with yellow margins, broad, equal, sub- 

 distant, shining, rounded behind, free. Scentless. Taste mild, 

 slightly acrid in age. Spores yellowish. 



Obs. Wholesome and good. When old should be doubly scalded and rinsed. 

 —W. D. H. 



(122.) RUSSULA CYANOXANTHA ; The Chameleon. 



Habitat. In open glades of woods. Singly or in groups. 



Season. August to October. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, lilac, or dull blue and lilac 

 mixed with yellow, rugose, spotted, disc pale; convex, then plane, 

 depressed, perhaps concave. Margin blue, even, sub-striate. 

 Cuticle adnate, except at margin. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, stained with pink or 

 bufE, cylindrical, perhaps bent, venate, rugose, naked, at length 

 lacunose. 



Section. Flesh thick, white, red under cuticle, cheesy. Stem 

 solid, spongy. Gills white, thick, straight, equal, broad, veined, 

 sub-distant, furcate, rounded behind, free but approximate. Odour 

 and taste pleasing. Spores white. 



Ohs. Of first-rate quality. Akin to K. vesca, but often like the Bisotte. — 

 W. D. H. 



(123.) RUSSULA DECOLORANS ; Badham's Redcap. 



Habitat. In woods, under beeches. Scattered. 



Season. July to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, dull crimson, paling at length, 

 smooth, polished ; spherical at first, then convex, plane, depressed. 

 Margin thin, even. Cuticle separable. 



Stem. One to three inches high, white, then dingy, cylindrical, 

 rugose, thick, blunt, swollen above base, naked. 



Section. Fle.sh thin, firm, white, creamy when dried. Stem 

 solid, spongy, at length dusky within. Gills white, pale creamy 

 in age, fragile, veined, thick, broad, simple, equal, attenuate be- 

 hind, free. Odour faint. Taste bland. Spores creamy. 



Obs. This appears to be the species called " Agaricus ruber " by Dr. Badham, 

 and recommended as an edible by him. It is certainly a good comestible, but 

 must be cautiously distinguished. — W. L, II. 



