A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. Ill 



(124.) RUSSULA DEPALLENS ; The Bleached-cap. 



Habitat. Borders of woods, heaths, mossy banks. In groups. 



Season. June to October. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, pale red, becoming whitish 

 or huffish, opaque, perhaps viscid; convex, then irregular, undu- 

 late. Margin even, at length sub-striate. Cuticle thin, adnate. 



Stem. One to two inches high, white, at length dingy, firm, 

 stoutish, enlarged above, smooth, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, compact, brittle. Stem solid. Gills 

 pallid, fragile, crowded, equal, furcate, broad, adnexed. Odourless. 

 Taste bland. Spores white. 



Ohs. It is quite devoid of acridity and perfectly wholesome. — W. D. H. 



(125.) RUSSULA FURCATA ; The Fork-gilled Green-cap. 



Habitat. Dry bare woods. Singly or scattered. 



Season. June to September. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Three to four inches across, dull olive-green, smooth, 

 sleek, moist in wet ; convex, then plane, depressed. Margin thin, 

 even, smooth, at first incurved. 



Stem. One to three inches high, white, stout, rigid, tapered 

 below, smooth, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish, dry, brittle. Stem stufPed, 

 spongy, hollow in age. Gills white, distant, thick, equal, bifurcate 

 at their middle, adnate. Odour slight. Taste bitterish saline. 

 Spores white. 



Obs. The species has lain under suspicion, but Hartig, Paulet, and Cordier 

 have proved it to be innocuous. I find it to be of unpleasant flavour, and 

 recommend it to be left alone. It is readily distinguishable from the Bisotte by 

 its forked gills, its taste, and its smooth, sleek, uniformly tinted cap. — IV. D. H. 



(126.) RUSSULA HETEROPHYLLA ; The Bisotte. 



Habitat. Open woods and wastes. Scattered. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, tint varied, dull green, gi-ey, 

 brown, but never red or purplish, smooth, even, minutely reticulate ; 

 convex, then plane, depressed. Margin thin, even, finely striate. 

 Cuticle thin, separable. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, stout, rigid, unequal, 

 sub-rugulose, a little swollen above, blunt, naked. 



