44 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



densely granular pileus and tiiberculose margin. When old 

 the pileus is almost entirely ochraceous. 



Russula armeniaca. Cooke. 



Mild. Yery fragile. Pileus 1-1^ in. across, flesh thin, 

 convex then depressed, smooth, even, peach- colonr, margin 

 paler, even ; gills adnexed, rounded behind, 1 J-2 lines broad, 

 somewhat distant, bright ochre or almost egg-yellow; stem 

 about 2 in. long, 3 lines thick at the base, sliuhtly attenuated 

 upwards, smooth, white, hollow; spores echinulate, broadly 

 elliptical, pale ochraceous, 10 X 8 ju.. 



Hussula armeniaca^ Cke., Hdbk., p. 336 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 1064. 



Among grass under trees. 



Eeadily distinguished among the small species with ochra- 

 ceous gills and spores by the colour of the pileus, which is 

 exactly that of a ri]3e peach. 



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Gills yellow, witliout an ocliraceous tinge. 



Russula coerulea. Fr. 



Mild. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thickish at the disc, 

 margin thin ; convex then expanded or even slightly de- 

 pressed, sometimes slightly umbonate, polished, margin even, 

 bluish, bluish-purple, disc sometimes brownish ; gills adnate, 

 almost all equal, 2 lines broad, pale yellow, acute in front ; 

 stem 2 in. long, 4-5 lines thick, equal, firm, white, spongy 

 inside ; spores globose, verniculose, 11-12 jx diameter. 



Bussula coerulea, Fries, Epicr., p. 353 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 323 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 1052. 



In woods. 



The blue colour is usually most conspicuous near the 

 margin, the centre purplish. In Mrs. Price's figure, 

 no. 164, the pileus is altogether pure deep sky-blue, but 

 there may possibly be a little allowance made for the 

 colouring. 



Habit very much that of JR. cyanoxantha, taste mild, but 

 the gills are crowded and yellow. Pileus sometimes sky- 

 blue, sometimes purple-lilac ; margin even. (Fries.) 



