KUSSULA. 43 



Commonly confounded with Bussula fellea, but known at 

 once by its mild taste. Agreeing most nearly with JR. lutea 

 in colour, but differing in the softer flesh, which becomes 

 ochraceous upwards ; sulcate margin of the pileus, and 

 broader, less crowded gills. Pileus persistently ochraceous, 

 disc usually darker. Stem sometimes yellow, sometimes 

 white. (Fries.) 



Russula lutea. Fr. (figs. 2, 3, p. 3.) 



Mild. Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, white ; soon 

 convexo-plane or piano-depressed, viscid when moist, margin 

 even, or indistinctly striate when old, always a pretty 

 primrose-yellow when young, becoming pale or almost white 

 with age ; gills almost free, connected by veins, crowded, 

 narrow, equal, bright ochraceous-yellow ; stein about 1J in. 

 long, 3-4 lines thick, equal, even, white, never tinged with 

 red ; spores echinulate, pale yellow, 8-10 X 7-8 p. 



Eussula lutea, Fries, Epicr., p. 363; Cke., Hdbk., p. 338; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 1082. 



In woods. 



The form with broader, less crowded gills, mentioned by 

 Fries, has been found in Epping Forest. 



Allied to It. vitellina, but known by the even margin of the 

 jdleus and the absence of smell. 



Russula elegans. Bresad. 



Mild at first, becoming acrid with age. Pileus 2-3 in. 

 across, flesh rather thick ; convex then depressed ; margin 

 tuberculose and striate when old, viscid, bright rosy flesh- 

 colour, soon ochraceous at the circumference, everywhere 

 densely granulated ; gills adnexed or slightly rounded, 

 narrow behind, very much crowded, equal, rarely forked, 

 whitish, becoming either entirely or here and there ochra- 

 ceous orange; stem l|-2 in. long, 5-7 lines thick, a little 

 thickened at the base, rather rugulose, white, base ochra- 

 ceous ; flesh white, turning ochraceous and acrid when old ; 

 spores 8-10 /x diameter. 



Eussula elegans, Bresadola, Fungi Trident., t. 25 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 330; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1027. 



In damp woods. 



Allied to R. vesca. Known by the bright rose-coloured, 



