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gills free, rather crowded, unequal, and forked. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 Bod. Schrejf.t.94:(notf.l) Vitt.t.S. Sturm, t. 31. Larb.t.l9, 

 f. 3, t. 20, /f 5. Kromhh. t. 67,/. 1-10. Berk. Outl. 1. 13,/. 6. Huss. 

 n.t.ll. En^.Fl.Y. p. 23. Barla.t.lQ.f. 10-12. Vent. t. 17, f. 1-2. 



In woods. July — Sept. Esculent. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Pileus 4 in. broad, convex, at length slightly depressed and irregular, of 

 various livid hues, yellow, purple and green, fleshy, rugulose, very slightly 

 viscid ; margin even. The edge of the pileus sometimes hangs down in a 

 singular manner. Gills white, forked, sometimes anastomosing at the base, 

 rather close, moderately rigid, elastic. Stem 1-2 in. high, ^ in. or more thick, 

 obtuse at the base, various in form, slightly reticulated with raised lines. 

 Taste and odour mild. — M. J. B. Spores scarcely echinulate, almost globular. 

 •00025 in. diameter. 



623. Russula lepida. Fr. " Scaly Russula." 



Mild. Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then depressed, un- 

 polished, silky, rimoso-squamose, becoming pale ; margin patent, 

 obtuse, even ; stem solid, compact, even, white or rosy ; gills 

 rounded, rather thick, somewhat crowded, many of them forked, 

 white. — Fr. Epicr. p.3ho. Batsch.f.l2. Huss.\i.t.o2. Kromhh. 

 t. 64,/. 19,20. Hogl'. 4- Johnst. t. 4. 



In woods. Esculent. [Low. Carolina.] 



Stem 3 in. long. 1 in. thick, even, white or roseate. Pileus .3 in. broad, 

 opaque, unpolished, somewhat silky, at length rimoso-squamulose and dis- 

 coloured ; colour beautifully rosy-red, the disc especially becoming whitish. 



624. Russula rubra. Fr. " Red Eussula." 



Acrid, Pileus fleshy, rigid, convex, then plane or depressed, 

 dry, polished, becoming even ; margin patent, obtuse, without 

 Btri^e ; stem solid, hard, stout, white, or red ; gills obtusely ad- 

 nate, rather crowded, whitish, often forked and dimidiate. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 361:. Larbr.t. 18. f. 7. Boq.t. 6, f.2. Krombh.t.Qb. 

 Vitt. Mang.t. 38, f. 2. Schceff. «. 15,/4-6. Eng.Fl.Y.p.22. 



In woods. Aug. [United States.] 



Pileus compact, dry, even, scarcely brittle, of a cellular texture ; gills 

 close ; stem 2 in. hi^h, firm, often tinged with rose ; very bitter, like gall, ex- 

 tremely acrid. —Fries. 



Sect. 4. HeterophyllcB. 



625. Russula vesca. Fr. " Edible Russula." 



Mild, sweet-tasted. Pileus fleshy, firm, umbilicato-convex, 

 then plane and infundibuliform, venoso-rugose, and streaked; 

 flesh under the viscid cuticle reddish ; margin even, or remotelj 



