■60 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



In woods. 



Pileus almost equally fleshy, blood-red with a rosy tinge, 

 «diso always becoming whitish. (Fries.} 



B. virescens and B. cutefracta agree with the present species 

 in having the cuticle of the pileus broken up ; the former 

 •differs in the green colour, the latter also differs in never 

 becoming pale at the disc. 



Russula xerampelina. Fr. 



Mild. Pileus 3-4 in. across, fleshy, flesh compact, white 

 then yellowish; convex then expanded, at length depressed, 

 without a distinct pellicle, always dry, opaque, even, but 

 susually very minutely cracked when old, and under a lens 

 tthe cuticle is seen to be broken up into minute granules, 

 margin spreading, not striate; colour variable, usually 

 Tosy-purple, the disc becoming pale and yellowish- white, 

 .-sometimes there is a tinge of olive; gills adnexed, rather 

 'Crowded, broadest in front, forked behind, white then 

 yellowish-tan; stem 2-3 in. long, 1 in. thick, base usually 

 thickened, even, white or tinged red, firm, spongy 

 within, sometimes becoming hollow ; spores ochraceous, 

 :8-10 X 6-7 /i. 



Bussula xerampelina, Fries, Epicr., p. 356 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 <p. 326; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1053 and 1074. 



In woods. 



Somewhat resembling B. Integra, but distinguished by 

 the narrower and more crowded gills not being powdered 

 •with the spores. 



Differs from B. ochroleuca and B. granulosa in the mild 

 taste and in the darker ochraceous gills. 



Russula cutefracta, Cke. 

 Mild. Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh thick, white, tinged 

 ipurple under the cuticle, convex, becoming slightly depressed 

 -at the disc, cuticle cracking from the margin inwards into 

 minute, firmly adnate areolae, otherwise even; variable in 

 -colour, purple, dull red, &c. ; gills adnexed, somewhat 

 ■crowded, narrowed behind and sometimes nearly free, 

 forked, 2 lines broad, white ; stem about 3 in. long, up to 

 1 in. thick, nearly equal or a little thinner above, smooth, 

 -white with a slight tinge of purple, solid, firm ; spores 

 globose, echinulate, 10 /a diameter. 



