RUSSULA. 121 



Spores wholly white. Fr. ; ellipsoid - sphaeroid, echinulate, n mk. Q. Russula. 

 Name after Linnaeus. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 192. Hym. Eur. p. 444. Icon. t. 

 172.7. 3. B. & Br. n. 1786. 



18. R. xerampelina Fr. Pileus 7-5 cent - (3 in-) and more 

 broad, rosy-purple, &c., disc becoming pale, fleshy, compact, con- 

 vex then flattened, at length depressed, without a distinct pellicle, 

 wherefore always dry, opaque, even, but when older commonly 

 very thinly rimulose, so that the cuticle under a lens is very thinly 

 granulated or punctate, margin spreading, without striae; flesh 

 compact, white inclining to yellowish. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) 

 long, 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick, stout, firm, internally at length soft, 

 spongy, even hollow, commonly thickened at the base, even, 

 white or reddish. Gills adnexed, somewhat crowded, broader in 

 front, forked behind, whitish, then yellowish. 



Taste mild. The colour of the pileus is changeable, commonly rosy- 

 purple, with the disc becoming pale, yellowish-white, sometimes inclining to 

 olivaceous. The stem is redder when moist. It approaches R. integra, but 

 differs in the pileus not having a distinct pellicle, &c. 



In Scotch fir wood. Glamis, 1876. Oct. 



Spores dingy tan. Fr. A very distinct species. Name epa/nire'Aii/ai, of the 

 colour of dry vine-leaves. Dark rosy red. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 192. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 445. B. & Br. n. 1675. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 595. Ag. Schceff. t. 214, 215. 



19. R. olivacea Fr. Pileus dingy purple then olivaceous or 

 wholly fuscous - olivaceous, fleshy, convexo -flattened and de- 

 pressed, slightly silky and squamulose, margin spreading, even ; 



flesh white, becoming somewhat yellow. Stem firm, ventricose, 

 rose-colour to pallid, spongy-stuffed within. Gills adnexed, wide, 

 yellow, with shorter and forked ones intermixed. 



Mild. Near to R. rubra, but certainly distinct in the stem being definitely 

 spongy, in the pileus being unpolished, and in the gills being soft and brightly 

 coloured ; corresponding with A*, alutacea. 



In woods. Slough. 



Spores light yellow. Fr. ; sphaeroid, punctate, 10 mk. Q. Name oliva, an 

 olive. Olivaceous in colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 445. B. & Br. n. 1562. 

 Ag. Scfuz/. t. 204. Krombh. t. 68. f. 13. 



20. R. cutefracta Cke. Pileus 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) or more 

 broad, green, purple, dull red, &c., fleshy, firm, dry, opaque, 

 convex then a little depressed in the centre, cuticle cracking 

 from the margin inwards into minute firm adnate areolas, other- 

 wise even ; flesh beneath the cuticle tinged with purple. Stem 

 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, often 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick, firm, solid, 

 nearly equal, or a little attenuated above, smooth, slightly tinged 



