<60 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



In woods. 



Pileus almost equally fleshy, blood-red with a rosy tinge, 

 disc always becoming whitish. (Fries.) 



E. virescem and E. cutefracta agree with the present species 

 in having the cuticle of the pileus broken up ; the former 

 differs in the green colour, the latter also differs in never 

 becoming pale at the disc. 



Russula xerampelina. Fr. 



Mild. Pileus 3-4 in. across, fleshy, flesh compact, white 

 then yellowish; convex then expanded, at length depressed, 

 without a distinct pellicle, always dry, opaque, even, but 

 usually very minutely cracked when old, and under a lens 

 the cuticle is seen to be broken up into minute granules, 

 margin spreading, not striate; colour variable, usually 

 Tosy-purple, the disc becoming pale and yellowish-white, 

 sometimes there is a tinge of olive; gills adnexed, rather 

 crowded, broadest in front, forked behind, white then 

 yellowish-tan; stem 2-3 in. long, 1 in. thick, base usually 

 thickened, even, white or tinged red, firm, spongy 

 within, sometimes becoming hollow; spores ochraceous, 

 8-10 x 6-7 p.. 



Eussula xerampelina, Fries, Epicr., p. 356 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 1>. 326; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1053 and 1074. 



In woods. 



Somewhat resembling E. Integra, but distinguished by 

 the narrower and more crowded gills not being powdered 

 -with the spores. 



Differs from B. ochroleuca and E. granulosa in the mild 

 taste and in the darker ochraceous gills. 



Russula cutefracta. Cke. 



Mild. Pilens 3-5 in. across, flesh thick, white, tinged 

 purple under the cuticle, convex, becoming slightly depressed 

 -at the disc, cuticle cracking from the margin inwards into 

 minute, firmly adnate areolae, otherwise even; variable in 

 -colour, purple, dull red, &c.; gills adnexed, somewhat 

 crowded, narrowed behind and sometimes nearly free, 

 forked, 2 lines broad, white; stem about 3 in. long, up to 

 1 in. thick, nearly equal or a little thinner above, smooth, 

 -white with a slight tinge of purple, solid, firm ; spores 

 .globose, echmulate, 10 p. diameter. 



