618 252. Russul. 11. HYMENOTHECE:. Pi. cell. aph. 
X. 252. RUSSULA. Persoon. Russule. 
Texture vesicular or cellular; stem mostly white; cap 
fleshy, mostly depressed; gills equal, not terminated by an 
annular margin.— Most are poisonous. 
a. Cap reddish. 
1. Russula rosacea. Rose russule. 
Cap plano-convex, rather smooth, rose or pale-red; gills 
and stem white. : 
Agaricus integer, Lin. S. P. 1640; Sowerby Fungi, 201. 
Agaricus roseus, Scheff. Fung. 58. 
Agaricus russula rosaceus, Persoon Syn. 439. 
In shady woods. 
Thallus smaller than r. emetica; taste sometimes acrid, 
sometimes mild. 
2. Russula emetica. — Emetic russule. 
Thallus acrid; stem white or pink; cap depressed, edge 
furrowed, blood-red; gi//s white. 
Agaricus integer, Lin. S. P. 1640; Sowerby Fungi, 201. 
Agaricus emeticus, Scheff. Fung. 15. 
Agaricus integer, var.3, Withering Arr. 4, 228. 
Agaricus russula emeticus, Persoon Syn. 439. 
In woods. 
A favourite food of snails, so that a perfect specimen is 
rarely found. 
b. Cap reddish-brown or yellowish. 
3. Russula vitellina. Yelk russule. 
Thallus small; stem slender, white; cap flattish, pale 
yelk-colour; gz//s shining, pinky inclining to yellow. 
Agaricus integer, Lin. S. P. 1640; Sowerby Fungi, 201. 
Agaricus risigallinus, Batsch Fung. 67. 
Agaricus russula vitellinus, Persoon Syn. 442. 
In woods. 
4. Russula lutea. Yellow russule. 
Stem very long, white; cap rather slimy, umbilicated, 
pale; gills distinct, yelk-colour. 
Agaricus luteus, Hudson Angl. 611. 
Agaricus russula luteus, Persoon Syn. 442. 
‘In woods. 
