RUSSULA. 45 



Russula nitida. Fr. 



Smell unpleasant. Pileiis about 2 in. across, flesh white, 

 ratlier thin, rigid, convex then plane or slightly depressed, 

 pellicle viscid in moist weather, colour various, but usually 

 purplish bay, disc darker, shining ; margin striate, some- 

 what tuberculose ; gills adnexed, receding, crowded, pallid, 

 then sulphur-coloured, not powdered; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 ^ in. thick, spongily stufifed, almost equal or attenuated 

 below, even, white then pallid; spores minutely echinulate, 

 8-10 X 6-8 /i,; taste mild at first, slowly becoming acrid. 



Biissula nitida. Fries, Epicr., p. 361; Cke., Ildbk., p. 336; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 1063a. 



In woods. 



Distinguished from every other species by the bright 

 lemon-yellow, shining gills, that never become dusted with 

 ochraceous powder. (Fries.) 



H. nauseosa agrees with the present species in the dis- 

 agreeable smell, but differs in the distant, dingy ochraceous, 

 powdered spores. 



Var. cuprea, Cke., Illustr., pi. 1095b. 



Pileus copper-colour with a tinge of purple, otherwise as 

 in the typical form. 

 In woods. 



Russula aurata. Fr. 



Mild. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick, firm, white, 

 citron-yellow below the cuticle, fragile ; hemispherical then 

 plane, pellicle thin, adnate, viscid in damp weather, colour 

 variable, citron-yellow, orange, or red, disc darker, but not 

 depressed; margin even but slightly striate or wrinkled 

 when old ; gills rounded behind and almost free, connected 

 by veins, broad, equal, shining, never powdery, yellowish- 

 white, margin bright citron-yellow ; stem 2-3 in. long, solid, 

 firm, but spongy within, cylindrical, indistinctly striate, 

 white or citron-yellow; spores subglobose, echinulate, 9-10 

 or 8 X 10 IX ; taste mild at first, then becoming slightly 

 acrid. 



Bussula aurata, Fr., Epicr., p. 360; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1080 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 335. 



Agaricus auratus, Withering, Arr. iv. 



In woods, under pines, &c. 



