RUSSULA 471 



1540. R. erythropus (Fr.) Peltereau. epvdpbs, red; TTOV?, foot. 

 P. 8-16 cm., dark blood-red, disc darker, decolouring very slightly 



with age, never tinted ochraceous or olivaceous, convex, then de- 

 pressed, firm, dull, unpolished; margin slightly striate when old. St. 

 6-10 x 2-3 cm., rose-red, rarely rose-red on one side only, firm, equal. 

 Gills white, then deep ochraceous, very broad, attenuated near the stem, 

 rounded near the margin of the pileus. Spores ochraceous, globose, 

 8-10 x 8-9/i, echinulate. Taste pleasant. Edible. Aug. Oct. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



1541. R. xerampelina (Schaefl.) Fr. (= Russula Barlae Cke. sec. 

 Maire.) Cke. Illus. no. 1000, t. 1074, upper figs. 



^pa/jLTreXivo^, of the colour of withered vine leaves. 

 P. 6-12 cm., rosy purple, disc becoming pale, yellowish white, some- 

 times inclining to olivaceous, convex, then flattened, at length de- 

 pressed, fleshy, compact, without a distinct pellicle, slightly viscid at 

 first, then very slightly rimulose, so that the cuticle under a lens is very 

 thinly granular or punctate; margin spreading. St. 48 x 1-5-2-5 cm., 

 white, or reddish, equal, or thickened at the base, firm. Gills whitish, 

 then yellowish, adnexed, broader in front, forked behind, somewhat 

 crowded. Flesh white, becoming brownish with age. Spores pale ochra- 

 ceous, globose, 7-9 /A, echinulate. Cystidia obtusely conical, 68-78 x 

 10-12/x. Smell strong, when old like crab. Taste mild. Edible. Woods. 

 July Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1542. R. cutifracta Cke. Cke. Illus. no. 992, t. 1024. 



Cutis, skin;/roca, broken. 



P. 7-12 cm., purple, green, or dull red, convex, then a little de- 

 pressed in the centre, fleshy, firm, dry, pulverulent, dull, viscid in wet 

 weather, opaque, cuticle sometimes cracking from the margin inwards 

 into minute firmly adnate areolae. St. 6-8 x 2-5 cm., white, often 

 slightly tinged with purple or rose on one side, nearly equal, or a little 

 attenuated above, firm. Gills white, then cream, adnexed, or nearly 

 free, narrowed behind, furcate, somewhat crowded, often tinted yellow 

 on the cracks at the edge. Flesh white, tinged with purple under the 

 cuticle. Spores ochraceous, globose, 10/u,, marked with anastomosing 

 ridges and spines. Taste mild. Woods. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1543. R. grisea (Pers.) Bres. (= Russula palumbina Quel.) Trans. 

 Brit. Myc. Soc. in, t. 13. Grisea, grey. 



P. 6-9 cm., greyish lilac, or bluish grey, mixed with rose, yellow, or 

 olive, then becoming greenish, convex, then expanded and depressed, 

 fleshy, fragile, slightly viscid, shining when dry. St. 8-10 x 2-3 cm., 

 white, fragile, rugoso-striate. Gills cream colour, with a tint of apricot 

 fiesh colour, adnate, sometimes forked, broadest towards the margin. 



