Russula. 31 



punctata, Gillet P. 3 5 cm. convex then plane, viscid, rosy, 

 punctate with brown warts, striate ; g. yellowish, edge often reddish ; 

 8. 2 3 cm. coloured like p. base whitish ; sp. 8 9. 



var. leucopiis, Cke. Stem white. 



olivacea, Fr. P. 6 9 cm. convex then plane or depr., margin 

 even, minutely silky squamulose, purple with olive tinge, or brownish 

 olive ; g. broad, yellow ; s. 5 8 cm. pale rose ; sp. 9 10. 



Differs from R. rubra in deeper yellow colour of g. and unpolished 

 p. and mild taste. 



Linnaei. Fr. P. 6 9 cm. plane then depr., polished, edge even, 

 blood red or dark rose ; g. adnato-decur. yellowish ; s. 3 6 cm. blood 

 red; sp. - . 



chamaeleontina, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. plane or subdepr., slightly 

 viscid, edge becoming slightly striate, rose red, purplish lilac, &c., 

 then yellowish ; g. closely crowded, plane, yellow ; s. 3 6 cm. white ; 

 sp. 78. 



puellaris, Fr. P. 2 3 cm. almost membranaceous, conico-convex 

 then exp., tuberculose striate to the middle, purplish livid then 

 yellowish, disc brown; g. pale yellow, naked; s. 2 3 cm. yellowish 

 white, soon hollow ; sp. 10x8 9. 



P. not shining as in R. nitida. 



var. intensior, Cke. P. deep purple, blackish at disc. 



var. roseipes, Seer. S. sprinkled with rosy meal. 



[bona, Schwalb. P. often irreg, lilac, centre pallid or obscure, 

 velvety ; g. adnexed, pale yellow then pale egg-yellow ; s. unequal, 

 often curved, white, hollow ; taste mild ; 8 10. 



[grisea, Fr. P. exp. depr., polished, grey or olive, disc purplish, 

 edge even, flesh under cuticle violet ; g. adnate, white then yellow 

 s. even, polished, white. 



* * * Gills white or creamy white. 



f- Pileus white or cream colour (often becoming 

 blackish when old). 



virginea, Cke. and Mass. Persistently pure white. P. 4 5 cm. 

 soon exp., viscid, polished when dry ; g. subdecur., narrow, repeatedly 

 forked, veined ; s. 4 5 cm. solid, rugulpse ; sp. 4 5. 



semicrema, Fr. P. 6 9 cm. persistently white, edge involute, 

 even, glabrous ; g. decur. crowded, white ; s. 3 5 cm. white, be- 

 coming blackish ; sp. 8 9. 



Differs from R. adusta and R. densifolia in persistently white 

 p. flesh also and g., and from R. delica in flesh of stem becoming 

 blackish. 



lactea, Fr. Entirely white or pallid. P. 4 5 cm. obtuse, even, 

 unpolished then minutely cracked ; g. free, thick, distant ; s. 24 cm. 

 solid, stout ; sp. 7 9. 



var. incarnata, Q. P. white tinged rose, then pale tan. 



