Russula AGARIC AC E.E 



b. Furcate. 



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1314. R. olivaseens Fr. (from the pileus, more or less olive) a b. 



P. gibbous to slightly depressed, olive, ochreous-olive or olive- 

 brownish; mid. yellow to olive-brown. St. equal, white or 

 shaded pale yellowish or olive-tan. G. adnate, crowded, 

 almost equal, colour as St. 



Taste mild, becoming slightly acrid, gills acrid. Woods, bushy shady 

 places. Aug. 5 x 2^ X i in. 



1315. R. fureata Fr. (from the forked gills ; furcatus, forked) a b c. 

 P. gibbous to depressed, even, smooth, not breaking into warts, 



aeruginous-greenish, umber-greenish, olive-tan, dark indigo-olive, 

 slate, or dull reddish-purple, sometimes clouded dull rose. 

 St. equal, white. G. adnato-decurrent, rather thick, somewhat 

 distant to crowded, white. Flesh white, often pale rose under 

 olive pellicle of pileus. 



Taste mild to more or less bitter. Woods, grassy places under trees, 

 meadows ; common. May-Oct. 5 X 2 X if in. Var. pictipes Cooke. 

 St. rosy above, greenish below. Var. ochroviridis Cooke. P. marg. 

 ochreous, mid. olivaceous or fuliginous. Flesh fuliginous when cut. 



1316. R. sanguinea Fr. (from the blood-coloured pileus; sanguis, 



blood) a b c. 



P. convex to depressed, shining, even, mid. thick ; marg. becom- 

 ing pale, sometimes white-clouded. St. equal, slightly striate, 

 white or reddish. G. decurrent, sometimes adnate, crowded 

 and veined, white. Flesh white, carmine under pellicle of 

 pileus. 



Poisonous. Taste acrid, peppery. Woods, chiefly fir, grassy places ; 

 uncommon. Aug.-Sept. 4 x 2^ X I in. Must not be confounded with 

 1329, which differs in the solid firm flesh and the form of the gills. 



1317. R. rosaeea Fr. (from the rose-coloured pileus) a b. 



P. convex to flat, even, pellicle viscid and separable in wet 

 weather, white, salmon, pale rose to red-rose and darker at the 

 sometimes faintly-ochreous mid., sometimes white, red-spotted. 

 St. even, smooth, white to reddish. G. adnate, thin, crowded 

 to distant, white. Flesh white, rose-colour under pellicle of P. 



Taste mild, becoming slowly acrid, gills acrid. Woods, mixed grassy places ; 

 frequent. Aug.-Oct. 3 x 2& x in. 



1318. R. maeulata Quel. (from the spotted pileus and stem ; maculatus, 



spotted) a b. 

 P. hemispherical to depressed, viscid, reddish flesh-colour to 



pallid, then discoloured and spotted purple or brown ; marg. 



striate, often dark. St. reticulato-striate, white or rosy then 



spotted ochre, not becoming grey. G. adnate, pallid-sulphur 



to somewhat peach-colour. 

 Taste somewhat acrid. Sept. 3i X ij X f in. 



