222 ACAEICINI. 



striate ; stem firm, miequal, rivuloso-rugose ; gills adnate, rather 

 crowded, unequal, and forked, white, as well as the stem. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 352. Krombh. t. 67 ,f. 12-19. Vitt.t 27. Bolt.t. 1. Paul, 

 t. 76,/. 2, 3. Huss. i. t. 89. 



In woods. Esculent. 



Of medium size. Stem solid, peculiarly reticulated, attenuated at the base. 

 Pileus flesh-red, disc darker, margin at length patent. 



626. Russula cyanoxantha. Fr. '* Blue and Yellow Russula." 



Mild. Pileus compact, convex, then expanded and depressed, 

 orinfuudibuliform, even, rugose or yirgate ; margin remotely and 

 faintly striate ; stem spongy, stuffed but firm, when old cavernose, 

 equal, smooth, even, white ; gills rounded behind, connected by 

 veins, broad, little crowded, furcate, mixed with shorter, white. — 

 Fr.Hym. Suec.u.p. 194. B. 4' Br. A7in.N.E.{lS66),no. 1131. 

 Schcpjf. t. 93. B. vesca, var. h. Fr. Ep.p. 353. 



In woods. Sept. Fineshade. [United States.] 



Colour of the pileus variable, in the typical form lilac or purplish, or 

 greenish olive, disc growing pale and yellowish; margin bluisL orHvid-purple; 

 flesh firm, of a cheesy consistency, white, under the separable cuticle com- 

 monly reddish ; pileus 2-3 in. broad or more ; stem 2-3 in. long. 



627. Russula he terophy 11a. Fr. " Variable Russula." 



Mild. Pileus fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, then depressed, even, 

 polished, cuticle very thin, evanescent ; margin thin, even, or 

 densely striate ; flesh white ; stem solid, firm, nearly equal, even, 

 white ; gills attenuated, nearly free, thin, much crowded, forked 

 and dimidiate, white. — Fr. Epicr. p. 352. Fl. Dan. 1. 1909,/. 1. 

 Paul. t. 76, f. 1-5. Badh. i. 1. 10,/. 3, ii. t. 3,/. 3, 4. Price./. 37. 

 Smith E.M.f. 3. Hogg. ^- Jolinst. t. 9. Berk. Outl.t. 13, / 5. 

 Huss. i. t. 84. Coohe. B.F. t. 4. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. 



Always mild. Stem firm, solid ; pileus never reddish or purple ; gills very 

 narrow, much crowded, white. Spores echinulate, "00021 X "00026 in. 



628. Russula foe tens. Fr. " Foetid Russula." 



Acrid, foetid. Pileus buUate, then expanded and depressed,rigid, 

 cuticle adnate, viscid; disc fleshy; margin widely membranaceous, 

 tuberculoso-sulcate ; stem stout, stuffed, then hollow ; gills ad- 

 nexed, very unequal, and forked, anastomosing by veins, whitish, 

 at first guttate. — Fr. Epicr.p. 359. Krombh. t. 70,/. 1-6. Bull. t. 

 292. Sow.t.Ub. Eng.Fl.Y. p. 22. Smith. P.M./. 16. 



