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Eesembling the typical form in habit, size, and colour; 

 differing only in being persistently mild to the taste. 

 In woods. 



Russula drimeia. Cke. 



Yery acrid. Pileus 2-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, firm, 

 white; convex then expanded and more or less depressed, 

 scarcely viscid when moist, opaque when dry, varying from 

 bright purple to dark rose-colour ; gills slightly adnexed, 

 narrowed behind, not much crowded, about 2 lines broad, 

 forked at the base, pale primrose-yellow at first, then deeper 

 clear yellow ; stem 24 in. long, cylindrical, nearly or quite 

 equal, purple, but paler than the pileus, sometimes rather 

 mealy, solid ; spores very pale ochre in the mass, 7-9 /A 

 diameter. 



Eussula drimeia, Cke., Grev., x. p. 46 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 1023 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 324. 



Eussula expallens, Gillet, Hym. Fr., pi. 49 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 330 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1029. 



In woods. 



Eeadily distinguished by the purple pileus and stem, clear 

 yellow gills, and very acrid, peppery taste. 



Pileus 24 in. broad, stem 2-3 in. long, | in. thick. So 

 intensely peppery that after tasting a small fragment, the 

 tongue tingled for more than half an hour. The colour and 

 habit similar to E. Queletii, but distinguished by the yellow 

 gills, ochraceous spores, and intensely peppery taste. 

 (Cooke.) 



Russula veternosa. Fr. 



Acrid. Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh thin, soft, white ; 

 plane when adult, centre depressed, covered with a thin, 

 adnate, rather viscid pellicle, rosy or flesh-colour, soon be- 

 coming pale, disc usually whitish or yellowish; margin 

 even, scarcely membranaceous ; gills adnate, crowded, 

 narrow, broadest in front, shorter ones intermixed, white 

 then straw-colour; stem 2-3 in. long, | in. thick, soft, 

 spongy then hollow, fragile, equal, even, white; spores sub- 

 globose, echinulate, 7-9 /x. 



Eussula veternosa, Fries, Epicr., p. 254; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 334; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1033 and 1092. 



In woods. 



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