292 AGARICACE^: Russula 



obsoletely striate, white to lemon. G. rounded-free, whitish 

 to light yellow, bright lemon at edge. Flesh white, as P. under 

 pellicle. 



Said to be edible, but suspicious. Taste mild to slightly acrid ; odour 

 pleasant, sweet. Woods, oak ; uncommon. June-Oct. 4! x 2 x in. 



1360. R. Barlse Quel. (after J. B. Barla) a b. 



P. convex to depressed, even, peach-colour, yellow, tinged with 

 orange-red or clouded ochre, dull crimson, reddish or copper- 

 colour ; mid. darker. St. equal, silky-pruinose, white to faintly 

 yellowish or reddish. G. white, then pallid-ochreous, some- 

 times orange. 



Taste mild, sweet ; odour of crab, or melilot. Amongst grass under trees. 

 July-Oct. 3 X ig X in. 



1361. R. nitida Fr. (from the shining pileus nitidus, shining) a b c. 

 P. convex to slightly depressed, bay-brown-purplish, purplish- 

 crimson, crimson-brown, crimson, or purple-white : mid. darker ; 

 marg. tuberculose. St. equal, even, white or faintly clouded 

 rose. G. adnexed, crowded, bright lemon. 



Suspected poisonous. Taste mild to nauseous or somewhat fetid ; odour 

 strong, unpleasant, sometimes obsolete. Woods, fir ; uncommon. July- 

 Sept, i x i$ X f in. Var. cuprea W. G. Sm., Agaricus cuprms Kromb. 

 P. copper-colour. Var. pulchralis W. G. Sm., Rnssula pulchralis Britz. 

 P. spotted red or purple at mid., ochreousat marg., or the reverse. 



1362. R. alutaeea Fr. (from the colour of the gills ; alnta, tanned 



leather) a b c. 



P. hemispherical to depressed, even, crimson, red, rose, purple, 

 black-purple, black, olive, greenish, rarely aeruginous, becoming 

 pale; mid. often darker; marg. tubercular. St. equal or 

 slightly clavate, white, usually clouded red, rose or purplish, 

 sometimes deep crimson. G. adnexed or adnate, light yellow 

 to bright deep ochreous. Flesh white to pale yellowish. 



Edible. Taste mild, pleasant, acrid when old. Woods, beech, mixed ; 

 common. July-Oct. Si X 3 X i| in. 



1363. R. armeniaea Cooke (from the colour of the pileus and the 



odour ; armeniacuS) of the colour of the apricot) a b. Very 

 fragile. 



P. convex to depressed, smooth, even, orange, ochre, shading 

 into sienna, sometimes lemon-colour. St. equal or slightly 

 attenuate upwards, smooth, white. G. adnato-rounded, some- 

 what distant, yellowish to ochre and egg-yellow. 

 Taste mild ; odour sweet of apricot. Woods, amongst grass under trees. 

 Aug. 2j x 2j x ^ in. 



1364. R. puellaris Fr. (from its small size and grace; puellaris, 



girlish) a b. 



/'.hemispherical, obtuse to depressed, purplish, purple, rose or 

 pink-orange ; mid. darker, sometimes almost black, becoming 

 pale, not shining ; marg. tuberculate. St. equal, fragile, white, 



