226 AGARICINI. 



ochraceous tan-col oiired, naked. — Fr. Epicr. p. 862. Vitt. t. 34. 

 Eoq. 1. 10, f. 4. Kromhh. t. l,f. 21, 22, t. U,f. 1-3. Berk. Outl. t. 

 18,/. 8. Hogg ^' Johnst. t. 15. Eng. Fl. v. p. 21. Price,/. ^Q. 

 Barla. 1. 14,/. 1-3. Smith. E.M.f. 6. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. [United States.] 



Pileus 3 in. broad, fleshy, smooth, viscid when moist, depressed ; margin 

 at first even, more or less furrowed and tubercledwhen old, pink, livid, olive, 

 &c. ; gills broad, equal, sometimes slightly forked, ventricose, free, connected 

 by veins ; spores yellow ; stem 1| in. long, 1 in. thick, blunt, surface longi- 

 tudinally wrinkled or grooved, solid, spongy within, smooth, white, sometimes 

 yellow. Taste mild, pleasant ; acrid when old. — M.J.B. 



638. Russula lutea. Fr. " Yellow Russula." 



Mild. Pileus rather firm, piano-depressed, with a viscid cu- 

 ticle, becoming pale ; flesh white ; margin even ; stem stuffed, 

 then hollow, soft, white ; gills free, crowded, connected by veins, 

 egg-yellow. — Fr. Epicr. p.366. Eng. Fl. y. p. 21. 



In woods. Scotland. [United States.] 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, piano-depressed, rather viscid, yellow, becoming pale, 

 rarely white ; gills connected by veins ; stem more or less hollow, slender j 

 taste mild ; brittle. — Fries. Spores yellow, echinulate, diameter •00032 in. 



639. Russula vitellina. Fr. " Egg-yellow Russula." 



Strong-scented, mild. Pileus submembranaceous, at length 

 tuberculoso-striate, self-coloured ; disc minute, rather fleshy ; 

 stem thin ; gills free, seceding, equal, saffron-yellow. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 363. Batsch.f. 72. 



In fir woods. 



Stem equal, scarcely exceeding an inch long, 2 lin. thick. Pileus about an 

 inch broad, yellow, then becoming pale. Gills distant, ratherthick, connected 

 by vein^.^Fries. 



640. Russula chamaeleontina. Fr. " Chameleon Russula." 



Mild, fragile. Pileus fleshy, plane or depressed, pellicle thin, 

 discoloured, viscid ; margin smooth, then striate ; stem hollow, 

 white ; gills much crowded, even, furcate, yellow. — Fr. Obs. i., 

 wo. 89. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H.{18e6),no. 1014. 



In woods. King's Cliffe. Sept. 30, 1863. 



Pileus rosy-red, purplish-lilac, &c., ultimately wholly or partially yellow- 

 ish, adnexed or free, narrow. — Fries. 



