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var. B. Pileus with the margin bright green, mixed with 
whitish at the centre, the purple and green deeper, finally dark 
green and shining at the centre, bright green at the margin, the 
green tint distributed about the edge in little granular patches. It 
is viscid in the centre. The form is for some time concave at the 
disc, the margin at first reversed, and then straight. Diam. 3£ in. 
Flesh a little vinous under the skin. Stem white, 2J in. long, 1 
in. and more thick, compressed, ventricose indented, becoming 
hollow, fragile. Gills numerous, slender, flabby, very often forked, 
and reticulate about the stem, 2| lines broad. — Seer. 521. 
Under firs. September. 
var. C. Centre of the pileus brown, surrounded bj orange, the 
margin bright greenish, smooth and shining. It is flat, depressed 
in the centre, with the margin a little turned up. Diam. 3^ in. 
Flesh cheesy, descending into the gills, firm, but brittle. Stem 3 
in. long, 10 lines thick, rather ventricose, attenuated at the base. 
It is remarkable for a bright purplish tint. Gills white, numerous, 
not anastomosing. — Seer . 521. 
var. D. The margin of the pileus takes faint purplish tints, the 
surface powdery and smooth, the flesh vinous under the cuticle, 
4 lines thick. Stem 3 in. long, 7 lines thick, attenuated at the 
apex, bent, a little swollen at the base, catching a faint purplish lustre 
at the middle. Gills 2 lines broad. — Seer. 521. 
Among grass under firs. August. 
Russula angustata. Seer. No. 522. 
Pileus when young dark purple, sunk in the ground, afterwards 
the centre becomes olive grey, and the margin remaining purple ; 
it is glossy, viscid especially at the margin. When old it is bright 
violet, or otherwise it will take large spots of that colour ; from 
convex it will have the centre depressed, or turn out plane, the 
centre remaining sunk, and finely wrinkled, the extremity of the 
margin striate and tuberculose. Diam. 2f-3 in. Flesh white, cheesy, 
4 lines thick. 
Stem white, 1§-3J in. long, 8-12 lines thick, thickened in the 
middle, curved and attenuated at the base, a little shining ; it 
seems hollow in old age ; the flesh resembles that of the pileus. 
Odour a little pleasant. 
Gills white, very numerous, slender, flabby, almost glutinous, 
forming a greasy pulp (1 line wide) ; they become thinner singularly 
on approaching the stem. They are veined at their base, straight, 
adherent and furcate about the stem. — Seer. No. 522. 
Found in July. 
R. chloza. Seer. No. 256. 
Pileus yellowish fawn, light, sides slate, in old age turning to 
greenish, smooth, dry. Its adult form is plane. Diam. 3^ in. 
Flesh white, firm, 5-6 lines thick, margin deeply split. 
Gills white, numerous, rather slender, straight, adnate, 3 lines 
