Russula AGARICACE.'E 289 



1345. R. Queletii Fr. ex Quel. (after Dr. Lucien Quelet) a b c. 



P. convex to infundibuliform, even, viscid, intense blackish- 

 crimson or purple-crimson, sometimes paler at marg. or wholly 

 intense purple, blue-purple or slate. St. equal or attenuate 

 downwards, mealy, dark or pale-purple to faint rose, sometimes 

 paler above. G. adnexed, exuding drops, white to biscuit, at 

 length bluish-ashy or cinereous spotted. Flesh white, colour 

 as P. under pellicle. 



Taste acrid. Woods, fir ; common. Aug.-Nov. 2 x 2 x in. 



1346. R. expallens Gill, (from its losing colour ; expallens, becoming 



pale) a b. 



P. convex to depressed, viscid, deep bright crimson-purple or 

 deep claret-purple ; mid. darker, sometimes almost black, 

 losing colour and becoming livid-cream, with mid. dull pale 

 purplish. St. equal, mealy, rose-purple, paler or somewhat 

 buff at base. G. adnexed, pallid yellowish or somewhat 

 lemon. Flesh purple, pale yellowish or white. 



Taste intensely acrid. Under trees. Sept.-Oct. 3 X 3| X f in. 



e. Fragiles. 



1347. R. emetiea Fr. (from its acting as an emetic) a b. 



P. convex to plane or slightly depressed, lustrous, blood-red to 

 rose, sometimes bleaching to almost white or purplish, tawny 

 when old. St. equal, even, longitudinally rugulose, white or 

 reddish. G. adnexo-free, somewhat distant. Flesh white, 

 rose-colour under the separable pellicle. 



Poisonous. Taste very acrid. Woods and open damp places ; common. 

 July-Dec. 4^ x 3j X in. Var. Clusii Fr. Flesh white, turning 

 yellowish. \*x.fauax Fr. is a form of 1354. 



1347a. R. luteotaeta Rea (from the change of colour to light 



yellow when bruised ; luteus, yellow, tactus, a touch) b. 

 P. hemispherical, then plane and subumbonate, ruguloso-rivulose, 

 carmine-scarlet, becoming whitish at the striate marg. 

 St. equal, or slightly attenuate downwards, rugulose, white, 

 shaded pale lilac, yellowish when bruised. G. furcate, adnate, 

 very light straw-colour, yellow when bruised. Flesh white, 

 colour as P. under pellicle, tinging yellowish when bruised or 

 slug-eaten. 



Taste of flesh acrid, of gills very acrid. On the ground, woody places. 

 Aug. if X if X i in. 



1348. R. ftngibilis Britz. (from its seeming distinctness ; fingibilis, 



imaginary) a. 



P. convex to depressed, viscid, yellow, with orange or brownish 

 mid. ; marg. not striate. St. equal, white or faintly yellowish. 

 G. somewhat crowded, thin. Flesh white. 

 Taste mild ; odour none. Amongst grass under trees. July. 2xi 



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