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RUSSULA REDIVIVA. 
This is referred by Fries to Russula emetica , but the persistently 
mild taste, absence of marginal striae and other points separates it 
from that species. Pileus 3 to 4 in. diameter, with the appear- 
ance of our usual form of R. rubra. It is still somewhat doubtful 
whether it should be regarded as a variety or a distinct species. 
This will depend on individual estimate of the value to be attached 
to mildness or acridity. 
Russula (Rigidae) Linnaei. Fries Epic. p. 356. Hym.Eur.4Ab. Mon. 
II., 192. Kickx. Fland. 205. Lambotte Belg. 323. Gill. Champ. 
235. Coolce Hdbk. II., 1204. Stevenson B. F. II., 120. Cooke lllus. 
t. 1026. Sacc. Syll. 1818. 
Mild. Pileus everywhere fleshy, plane, then depressed, polished , 
dry , smooth ; margin spreading, obtuse, without striae; flesh spongy, 
compact, white ; stem spongy, solid, stout, rivulose, red ; gills 
adnate, rather decurrent, somewhat thick, white, turning yellowish, 
sometimes dichotomous and anastomosing behind. 
In woods. Rare. 
Habit exactly that of R. emetica , substance also floccose, but 
very compact, firm, thick; stem in. long, rather ventricose 
at the middle, and 1 in. thick, intense blood red (but varies also 
to white), obsoletely fibrillose-reticulate. Pileus without pellicle, 
of one colour, dark purple, blood red, etc., opaque, not becoming 
pale, 3-4 in. broad. Gills scarcely crowded, rarely connected 
by veins, a few dimidiate, divided behind. Spores whitish. 
Secretan, No. 490, appears to come near to this. — Hym. Eur. 444. 
Splendid. Taste mild. Stem stout, firm but spongy, soft 
within, hollow, in. or more long, 1 in. or more thick, rather 
ventricose, obsoletely fibrillose-reticulate, in my specimens intense 
blood red. Pileus everywhere fleshy, rigid, plane, depressed, 3-4 
in. diameter, sometimes repand, even, smooth, dry, without 
separate pellicle, of one colour, a beautiful deep blood-red or bright 
rose ; margin spreading, obtuse, without striae. Flesh thick, 
spongy, compact, white. Gills decurrent, rather thick, not crowded, 
broad, fragile, sparingly connected by veins, white, turning yellowish 
when dry, mixed with a few dimidiate ones, anastomosing behind. 
Spores white. — Mon. 193. 
Spores subglobose, 11 p (Quelet), 8-10 x 8 p (Britz.), 8-11 x 
8 fi (Sacc.). 
As Fries, in his Epicrisis, refers Secretan’s No. 490 both to this 
species and Russula integra , it is clear that it is not a good repre- 
sentation of either, and hence we have not included it here. 
Russula (Rigidae) xerampelina (Schceff.). Fries Epicrisis 356. Fr. 
Hym. Eur. 415. Fr. Mon. 192. Gill. Champ. 236. Quelet Jura 
307. Karsten Hatsvamp 205. Saccardo Syll. 1821. Stevenson B. F. 
II, 121. Cooke Hdbk. ii., 1205. Grevillea vi., 122. Cooke lllus . t. 
1053, 1074. Agaricus xerampelinns, Schoeff. Icon, t, 214-215. Agaricas 
tinctorius, Seer. Suis. No. 487. 
