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Bussula cutefracta, C'ke., Grev., x. p. 46; Cke.. Hdbk., 

 p. 326; Cke., lllustr., pi. 102± and 1040. 



In woods. 



Pileus 3-4 in. or more ; stem 3 in. long, often 1 in. thick. 

 Allied to B. tirescens, which it resembles in the cracking of 

 the cuticle, but differs in the purple tint beneath, even in 

 the green specimens, and in the tinted stem, as well as in 

 the colour of the pileus, which is of a darker and different 

 shade of green, and sometimes of a deep bluish-purple, as- 

 well as of a madder-red. (Cooke.) 



EussTila vesca. Fr. 



Mild. Pileus about 3 in. across, flesh rather thick, firm,, 

 white, convex then plane, at length depressed, viscid, 

 marked with radiating, slightlj' raised wrinkles ; flesh-red, 

 disc darker ; gills adnexed, rather narrow, thin, crowded^ 

 ■whitish ; stem l|-2 in. long, about f in. thick, rigid outside- 

 and with slight anastomosing wrinkles, white, solid, flesh 

 white, becoming tinged with rust-colour when cut, and then 

 having a crab-like smell ; spores globose, echinulate, white, 

 9-10 /A diameter. 



Bussula cesca, Fiies, Epicr, p. 352 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 327 ;. 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 1075. 



In woods. 



Firm, mild and sweet to the taste. Pileus with minute- 

 radiating wrinkles or streaks. Tlesh white, that of the stem 

 more especially becoming brownish when exposed to the- 

 air. The broken stem has a smell much resembling crab or 

 lobster. 



Stem solid, compact, rigid outside and with minute ridges- 

 anastomosing to form a network, base often attenuated,, 

 pure white. Pileus fleshy, rather firm, piano-depressed,, 

 rugulosely veined, with a viscid pellicle, flesh-red, disc 

 darker, margin at length spreading. Flesh cheesy, firm, 

 pure white. Gills adnate, crowded, thin, white, many 

 shorter and forked ones intermixed, but scarcely connected 

 by veins. Size medium. Taste mild, pleasant. (Fries.) 



Yar. Duportii ; Bussula Buportii, PhU., GreriUea, xiii. 

 p. 49; Cke., Hdbk., p. 327; Cke., lUustr., pi. 1042a. 



Pileus li-2f in. broad, the centre rufous, or flesh-red, 

 margin bluish, compact, fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, de- 



