RUSSULA. 59 



On the ground. 



Eesembling B. ochroleuca in the rugose stem, but differs in 

 not becoming grey, in the dark, dingy olive centre of the 

 pileus, narrow gills, discoloration of the flesh and the mild 

 taste. In habit it resembles B. furcata, but differs in the 

 paler greenish-ochre pileus, narrower gills, rugose stem, and 

 discoloured flesh. (Cooke.) 



Russula aeruginea. Lindbl. 



Mild. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, white, 

 fragile, convex then expanded, disc darker and depressed, 

 glabrous, rather dry, verdigris-green, margin striate; gills 

 narrowed behind and slightly adnexed, 3 lines and more 

 broad in front, rather distant, distinct, clear white, some- 

 times spotted with brown; stem about 2 in. long and 1 in. 

 thick, even, glabrous, equal, always clear white, firm, solid ; 

 spores subglobose, echinulate, 810 //,. 



Bussula aeruginea, Lindblad, MS., in Fries, Monogr., ii. 

 p. 198; Cke., Hdbk., p. 333; Cke., lllustr., pi. 1090. 



In woods. 



Distinguished from every other species in the section 

 Frayiles by the mild and pleasant taste. (Fries.) 



Distinguished among the green species by the verdigris- 

 green colour of the pileus, with a distinctly striate margin ; 

 gills very broad in front, and persistently mild taste. 



ftff Pileus red, brownish, purple, sometimes with more or less 

 green interspersed. 



Russula lepida. Fr. 



Mild. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh almost equally thick 

 everywhere, firm, cheesy ; convex then expanded, scarcely 

 depressed, obtuse, opaque, not polished, with a silky look, 

 at length cracked into squamules; blood-red with a rosy 

 tinge, becoming pale or whitish, especially at the disc; gills 

 rounded behind, adnexed, rather thick, somewhat crowded, 

 often forked, connected by veins, white ; the edge near the 

 front red, due to the colour of the pileus runnino; for some 

 distance down the margin of the gill ; spores 8-10 x 6-8 /x. 



Bussula lepida, Fries, Epicr., p. 355 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 325 ; 

 Cke., lllustr., pi. 1072, 1073. 



