A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 113 



(129.) EUS3ULA VESCA; The Ruby-cap. 



Hahitat. In open woodlands. Scattered. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, ruby red, darkest on disc, 

 rugulose, streaked, viscid; convex, then plane, much depressed. 

 Margin even, tuberculose, or sub-striate, at length elevated. 

 Cuticle thin, separable at margin. 



Stem. Two inches high, white, reticulate or rugose, firm, stout, 

 tapered downward, blunt, naked. 



Section. Flesh thickish, white, reddish under cuticle, cheesy. 

 Stem solid. Gills white, crowded, equal, furcate, broad in front, 

 attenuate behind, adnexed. Odour slight. Flavour mild and nice. 

 Spores white. 



Obs. An excellent viand, but it must be carefully distinguished from the 

 noxious R. rubra.— ir. D. H. 



(130.) RUSSULA VIRESCENS; The Verdette. 



Habitat. In woods and wastes. Scattered or in groups. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Three to four inches aci-oss, pale livid green, tinted with 

 yellow, chequered and areolate, dry, opaque ; at first globose, then 

 expanded, convexo-plane, sub-depressed, irregularly rounded. 

 Margin even, obtuse, often depressed, cuticle warty, adnate. 



Stem. One to three inches high, white^. stout, sub-rugulose, 

 unequal, bent, blunt, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish, cheesy. Stem solid. Gills white, 

 straight, close, nearly equal, anastomosed below, firm, elastic, free. 

 Odour agreeable. Taste mild and sweet. Spores white. 



Obs. In chapter vii. It is the best of the Russules, and far more dainty 

 than the Pratelles.— JI". D. H. 



ORDER AURICULARINL 

 Genus CRATERELLUS. 



(131.) CRATERELLUS CORNUCOPIOIDES ; The Craterelle. 

 (PI. IX. fig. 2.) 



Hahitat. On the ground in woods. In small tufts. 



Season. July to November. Uncommon. 



Habit. Shaped like a trumpet, funnel, or cornucopeia, wide 

 above, apex thin, hollow, rooting. Sessile. 



