KUSSULA. 55 



In woods. 



Known by the clear lemon-yellow or citron-coloured pileus 

 and the persistently white gills and stem. The taste is 

 mild at first, but becomes slightly acrid if kept in the mouth 

 for a short time. 



Russula fingibilis. Britz. 



Mild. Pileus about 2 in. across, rather fleshy at the disc, 

 mai^in thin, persistently even ; convex then pLme or de- 

 pressed, viscid, pale clear yellow, disc darker ; gills narrowed 

 behind and almost free, rather crowded, unequal, about 2 

 lines broad at the middle, thin, white ; stem 1-1^- in. long, 

 4 hues thick, equal, soft, white, spongy, at length hollow; 

 spores broadly elliptical, minutely echinulate, 9 and 7 fx. 



jKwsswZa ^n^^■6^7^s, Britz., Hym. Sudb., pt. iv. f. 32; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 332; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1048. 



Among grass under trees. 



Distinguished among species with a yellow pileus by 

 being very viscid, persistently mild taste, white gill'^J, and 

 entire margin of pileus. 



Iff Pileus green or olive. 



Russula olivascens. Fr. 

 Mild. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thick up to the margin 

 white ; convex then expanded and umbilicate, olivaceous, 

 the disc becoming yellowish, margin even ; gills slightly 

 adnexed, narrowed behind, crowded, lJ-2 lines broad in 

 front, nearly equal, w'hite then yellowish ; stem 1-2 in. long 

 and up to I in. thick, firm, even, white, spongy inside ; 

 spores 10 /x. 



Bussida olivascens, Pries, Yet. Ac. Porh,, 1861, n. 34; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 1035 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 321. 

 Woods and among bushes, &c. 



Stem firm but spongy inside, 1-2 in. long, almost 1 in. 

 thick, usually becoming thinner upwards, even, white. 

 Pileus convex then expanded umbilicate, truly fleshy up to 

 the margin, 2-scarcely-3 in. across, olivaceous, becoming 

 yellowish; gills slightly adnexed, broadest in front, almost 

 equal and rarely forked, white then yellowish. Taste mild. 

 Placed in the Fiircatae on account of its habit, yet the gills 



