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ones, veined at the base. Flesh white, somewhat rust colour at the base 

 of the stem, ochraceous under the pellicle. Spores white, globose, 6/u,, 

 verrucose. Taste mild. Woods. Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1519. R. heterophylla Fr. (= Russula livida (Pers.) Schroet.) Cke. 

 Illus. no. 1010, t. 1045. erepo?, different; (f>v\\ov, leaf. 



P. 5-8 cm., greenish or yellowish brown, disc becoming ochraceous, 

 very variable in colour but never becoming reddish or purple, fleshy, 

 firm, convex, then plane and depressed; margin thin, sometimes 

 densely but slightly striate. St. 2-5 x 1-5-2-5 cm., shining white, 

 equal, or attenuated at the base, firm, delicately striate. Gills shining 

 white, decurrent, very narrow, very crowded, thin, often forked. Flesh 

 white. Spores white, globose, 6-7 /z, verrucose. Cystidia "on edge 

 of gill filiform-clavate, often constricted and capitate, 50-60 x 

 7-9^" Rick. Smell and taste pleasant. Edible. Woods. July Oct. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1520. R. galochroa Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 1011, t. 1089. 



<yd\a, milk; %pc6?, colour. 



P. 4-6 cm., milk white, then greenish, convex, then plane, viscid in 

 wet weather, sometimes sprinkled with white floccose spots; margin 

 sometimes striate. St. 2-5-5 x 1-1-5 cm., white, firm. Gills white, 

 adnate, crowded, narrow, more or less forked. Flesh white. Spores 

 white, globose, 6-7 /A, verrucose. Taste mild. Edible. Woods. Aug. 

 Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1521. R. virginea Cke. & Massee. Cke. Illus. no. 1197, t. 1197. 



Virginea, maidenly. 



Entirely pure white. P. 5 cm., convex then depressed, fleshy, firm, 

 viscid when moist, polished when dry. St. 5 x 2 cm., attenuated up- 

 wards, firm, finely rugulose. Gills subdecurrent, very narrow, 1-2 mm. 

 wide, repeatedly forked, connected by veins, brittle, crowded. Spores 

 white, globose, 4ju,, minutely apiculate at the base, almost smooth. 

 Cystidia none. Taste mild. Woods. Oct. Rare, (v.v.) 



IV. Pellicle of the pileus viscid, more or less separable, possessing 

 cystidia, yellowish, ochraceous, or brownish, sometimes olivaceous 

 brown, never red or violet. Margin straight, more or less striate, 

 subacute. Taste acrid. Spores pure white, or cream. 



1522. R. foetens (Pers.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 1015, t. 1046. 



Foetens, stinking. 



P. 8-15 cm., dingy yellow, often becoming pale, thinly fleshy, globose, 

 then expanded and depressed, rigid, viscid in wet weather; margin 

 broadly membranaceous, at first incurved, at length tuber culately- 

 striate. St. 5-9 x 1-3 cm., whitish, ventricose. Gills whitish, or straw 

 colour, often dingy when bruised, at the first exuding watery drops, 



