210 OUTLINES ()!• BRITISH FUXGOLOGY. 



3. R. dolica, Fr. ; pileus flcsliy all over, firm, umbilicate, 

 even, sliiiiing; margin involute, smooth, even, white, as well 

 as the solid, compact stem ; gills thin, dccurrent, distant, 

 Avhitc. 



In woods. Not common. King's Cliffe. Resembling Lac- 

 tariiis velkreus, from the juicel ess state of which it requires to 

 be carefully distinguished. Bolt. t. 28 is referred by Fries 

 doubtfully to R. elephantina. He evidently confused it with 

 Russula fcetens. 



** Pileus opaque, clothed icitli a thin, closely adnate pellicle, viscid 

 when moist, hut ivhich disappears lohen the 2^l<^>^i is old ; marrjin 

 at length striate, hit never tiiherciilate. 



1. R. sanguinea, Fr. ; acrid ; pileus firm, fleshy, convex, 

 then depressed and gibbous, at length even, moist; margin 

 thin, acute, even ; stem solid, spongy, slightly striate, white 

 or pinkish ; gills thin, decurrcnt, very crowded, somewhat 

 forked, connected, white. — Bull. t. 42. 



In woods. Not common. King's Cliffe, etc. Gills nar- 

 row ; flesh very firm. Pileus generally blood-red. 



5. R. rosacea, Fr. ; at length acrid; pileus compact, con- 

 vexo-plane, unequal, viscid, then dry, variegated with spots ; 

 margin acute, even ; stem solid, spongy, even, white or pinkish ; 

 gills adnate, rather crowded, plane, unequal, white, divided 

 behind.— i?e<Z/. t. 509. /. Z. 



In woods. Not common. Fincshade, Northamptonshire. 

 Pileus generally deep red. 



6. R. furcata, Fr.; mild, at length bitter; pileus fleshy, ri- 

 gid, at length depressed, funnel-shaped, even, partially shining, 

 with a silky lustre, at length smooth ; margin even, acute ; 

 stem stout, firm, even, attenuated downwards, white as well 

 as the adnato-decurrent, rather thick, somewhat distant, 

 forked gills.— AVomZ*. t. G2./. 1, 2. 



