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Besembling the typical form in habit, size, and colonr; 

 differing only in being persistently mild to the taste. 

 In woods. 



Bnssnla driaieia. Cke. 



Very acrid. Pilens 2-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, firm, 

 Trhite; convex then expanded and more or less depressed, 

 S(3arcely viscid when moist, opaqne when dry, varying from 

 bright purple to dark rose-coloTir ; gills sightly adnexed, 

 narrow^ed behind, not mnch crowded, abont 2 lines broai, 

 forked at the base, pale primrose-yellow at first, then deeper 

 clear yellow ; stem 2—4 in. long, cylindrical, nearly or qnite 

 eqnal, pnrple, but paler thaa the pilaus, sometimes rather 

 mealy, solid; spores very pale ochre in the mass, 7—9 /i 

 diameter. 



Buggula drimeia, Cke., Grev., x. p. 46 ; Cke., lUustr., pL 

 1023 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 324. 



Busgula expaUens, GiUet, Hym. Fr., pL 49 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 330; Cke, Dlnstr., pL 1029. 



In woods. 



EeadUy distinguished by the purple pilens and stem, clear 

 yellow gills, and very acrid, peppery taste. 



Kleus 2—4 in. broad, stem 2-^ in. long, ^— | in. thick. So 

 intensely peppery that after tasting a small fragment, the 

 tflngue tingled for more than half an hour. The colour and 

 habit similar to M. Qudetii, but distingnished by the yellow- 

 gills, ochraceous spores, and intensdy peppery taste. 

 (Cooke.) 



Rnssnla vetemosa. Pr. 



Acrid. Pilens about 2 in. across, flesh ihio, soft, white ; 

 plane when adult, centre depressed, covere<i with a thin, 

 adnate, rather viscid pellicle, rosy or flesh-colour, soon be- 

 coming pale, disc nsnally ^rhitish or yellowish; margin 

 even, scarcely membranaceous; gills adna'e, crowded, 

 narrow, broadest in front, shorter ones intermixed, white 

 then straw-colour; stem 2—3 in. long, \ in. thick, soft, 

 spongy then hollow, fragile, equals even, white ; spores snb- 

 globose, echinulate, 7—9 fu 



Miismila vetemosa, Fries, Epicr., p. 254 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 384; Cke., lUnstr., pL 1033 and 1092. 



In woods. 



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