EUSSULA. / :> 



In woods, amoDg grass, &c. 



Eobust, firm, but not large. Intermediate between B. ro- 

 sacea and B. expalJens, but distinct from both in the yellowish, 

 colour. (Fries.; 



W Pileus red or purplish. 



Bussula emetica. Fr. 



Acrid. Pileus 3—4 in. across, flesh rather thick, white, reddish 

 under the separable cuticle ; at first campanulate, then ex- 

 panded and depressed, polished, at first toit then blood-red, 

 sometimes yellowish, at length becoming white ; margin at 

 length tnberculosely ^^^lcate ; gills almost free, broad, rather- 

 distant, and like the spires, clear white ; stem 2—3 in. high, 

 t in. or more thick, elastic when young but fragile when old,, 

 even, -white or tinged with red, solid but spongy within ; 

 spores 8 /t diameter. 



Bussula emetica. Fries, Epicr., p. 357 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 33?;. 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 1030. 



In damp woods, <tc. 



Large, •showy, regular, firm, but fragile when adult, taste- 

 very acrid. Pileus tawny when old. (Fries.) 



A distinct species, -well marked by the clear white, fre& 

 gUls ; deep rose or criin>on-lake coloured pileus, which soon. 

 bleaches almost white ; flesh red tinder the readily separable 

 cuticle; and the very acrid taste. 



Pileus 2—5 in. broad, glutinous when young, smooth,. 

 hemispherical, at length plane, depressed in the centre, mar- 

 gin thin, striato-sulcate, purple, rose-red, bluish, ftiscotis,. 

 yellow or even white. Gills rather distant, broad, rigid, 

 thickish, connected by veins, equal, with a very few smaller 

 interspersed, always white. Stem 2—3 in. high, longitudi- 

 nally rugulose, finn, solid, white or tinged with the colour 

 of the pileus, very acrid and poisonous, a very small piece- 

 producing bad effects. (Berk.) 



Var. Clusii, Cke., lUustr., pi. 1031. 



Acrid. Pileus 3—4 in. across, flesh white, soon becoming 

 yellowish, thick up to the margin; convex then expanded 

 and sometimes slightly depressed, smooth, even, deep rose— 

 colotir or blood-red, margin arched, even for a long time. 



