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RUSSULA REDIVIVA. 
referable to Russula cyanoxantha , as some of them seem to 
approach R. vesca. — M. C. C. 
Berkeley, in a note, says : “I do not think Fries is right in 
quoting Krombh. t. 67, Figs. 16-19 ; the figures do not give me a 
good idea of this species.” 
1213. Russula (Heterophyllae) heterophylla. Fr. Hym. Fur. 446. 
Fr. Mon. p. 194. Sacc. Syll. 1830. Stevenson ii., 123. Cooke Hdbk. 
II., 1213. Cooke Illus. 1 . 1044, 1045. Berk. Outl. t. 13, f. 5. 
Mild, pileus fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, then depressed, even, 
polished, with a very thin pellicle, margin thin, even, or densely and 
finely striate, flesh white, stem solid, firm, nearly equal, even, gills 
attenuated behind, reaching the stem, very narrow , much crowded , 
furcate and dimidiate, white. 
In wooded pastures amongst moss. 
Pileus from the thin pellicle rather viscid or dry, never becoming 
red, nor rugoso-virgate, gills crowded, stature commonly shorter 
and smaller than Russula cyanoxantha, differs from R. virescens in 
the thin margin, narrow gills, indeed very narrow. Apex of the 
stem dilated, so that the gills appear remote. Never seen it red. — 
Fr. Hym. Fur. 446. 
Taste always mild, as in R. cyanoxantha , from which it differs in 
size, pileus thinner, even, never reddish or purplish, thin, pellicle 
closely adnate, stem firm, solid, gills thin, very narrow , much 
crowded , white, mixed with many dimidiate and furcate. — Fr. 
Mon. 194. 
Spores 5 x 7 /x (W. G. S.), 6-7 x 5-6 y (Bizz.), 6-7 X 5-6 y 
(Sacc.). 
Fries refers to this species the following numbers of Secretan, 
521, 522, 526, etc. 
R. livida. Seer. No. 521. 
var. A. Pileus when young variegated with grey, yellow and 
purple ; colours very bright ; surface polished and moist ; later the 
colours are more pronounced. The centre becomes greenish yellow, 
olive, and very brownish ; the purple often of a fine tint, reaches 
the margin. It appears not of a strong green, nor dark purple in 
old age. It becomes a little viscid. The form approaches hemis- 
pherical, umbonate, then convex, the margin folded and sinuous, 
the centre umbilicate (for a good time), the margin is not 
striate. Diam. 6 in. Flesh white, vinous under the cuticle, solid, 
6 lines thick. 
Stem very white, compact, 3 in. long, 1 in. thick, curved, pointed, 
and a little compressed at the base. Odour disagreeable. 
Gills very white, numerous, serrate, slender, bifurcate at divers 
lengths. It becomes bifid and a little decurrent at the pedicel, they 
are veined at the base (soft), and possible to be reduced to a paste 
when crushed, 3-4 lines broad. 
Very common, remarkable for its heaviness. — Seer. No. 521. 
