66 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



■white, then altogether pale lemon-yellow, at length sub- 

 ochraceous ; stem 1^-2^ in. long, |-f in. thick, smooth, white, 

 cylindrical, blunt at the base, spongy within, at length 

 rugose and cinereous, or even blackish ; spores globose, 

 minutely waste, 9 /a diam. 



Bussula claroflava, Grove, Midi. Nat., 188, p. 265. 



Bussula ochroleuca, var. claroflava, Cke., Hdbk., p. 380 ; 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 1196. 



Among grass in damp places. 



Agreeing with B. ochroleuca in the white stem becoming 

 grey, but differing in the clear deep chrome-yellow pileus, 

 and in the white gills becoming pale lemon-yellow, then 

 somewhat ochraceous. 



The smooth, even, rigid pileus, at length cinereous stem, 

 and coloured gills are its distinguishing features. ^Grove.) 



f f Pileus red or purple. 



Russula rubra. Fr. 



Acrid. Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, firm, 

 fragile, white, red under the cuticle j convex then ex- 

 panded, becoming depressed, absolutely drj', without a 

 distinct pellicle, polished, even, deep blood-red, sometimes 

 with a shade of purple, disc darker, becoming- tan-colour 

 and minutely cracked with age ; margin spreading, even, 

 often wavy; gills obtusely adnate, broad, rather crowded, 

 white then yellowish, mixed with forked and shorter ones ; 

 etem 2-3 in. long,, about 1 in. thick, solid, even, sometimes 

 variegated with red; spores 8-10 /a ; cystidia pointed, pro- 

 jecting very slightly. 



Bussula rubra, Tries, Epicr., p. 364 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 325 ; 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 1025. 



In woods. 



A veiy showy species ; taste very acrid ; very hard and 

 rigid ; very distinct from all other species of this section in 

 the even, polished pileus without a distinct pellicle, the 

 somewhat grumous flesh, and exceedingly acrid taste. 

 (Pries.) 



Var. sapida, Cke., Hdbk., p. 326; Cke., lllustr., pi. 

 1087 ; Bussula atropurpurea, Krombh., t. 64, f. 5, 6. 



