RUSSULA. 73- 



In woods, among grass, &c. 



Kobust, firm, but not large. Intermediate between JR. ro- 

 sacea and JR. expallens, but distinct from both in the yellowish 

 colour. (Fries.) 



|f Pileus red or purplish. 



Russula emetic a. Fr. 



Acrid. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, white, reddish: 

 under the separable cuticle ; at first cainpanulate, then ex- 

 panded and depressed, polished, at first rosy then blood-red, 

 sometimes yellowish, at length becoming white ; margin at 

 length tuberculosely sulcate; gills almost free, broad, rather 

 distant, and like the spores, clear white ; stem 2-3 in. high, 

 -j in. or more thick, elastic when young but fragile when old,, 

 even, white or tinged with red, solid but spongy within ; 

 spores 8 p. diameter. 



Russula emetica, Fries, Epicr., p. 357 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 331 ;- 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 1030. 



In damp woods, &c. 



Large, showy, regular, firm, but fragile when adult, taste- 

 very acrid. Pileus tawny when old. (Fries.) 



A distinct species, well marked by^ the clear white, free 

 gills ; deep rose or crimson-lake coloured pileus, which soon 

 bleaches almost white ; flesh red under the readily separable- 

 cuticle; and the very acrid taste. 



Pileus 2-5 in. broad, glutinous when young, smooth,, 

 hemispherical, at length plane, depressed in the centre, mar- 

 gin thin, striato-sulcate, purple, rose-red, bluish, fuscous, 

 yellow or even white. Gills rather distant, broad, rigid, 

 thickish, connected by veins, equal, with a very few smaller 

 interspersed, always white. Stem 2-3 in. high, longitudi- 

 nally rugulose, firm, solid, white or tinged with the colour 

 of the pileus, very acrid and poisonous, a very small piec& 

 producing bad effects. (Berk.) 



Far. Clusii, Cke., Illustr., pi. 1031. 



Acrid. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh white, soon becoming 

 yellowish, thick up to the margin ; convex then expanded 

 and sometimes slightly depressed, smooth, even, deep rose- 

 colour or blood-red, margin arched, even for a long time,. 



