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RUSSULA REDIVIVA. 
wide, especially bifid on attaining the stem, with many short 
gills. 
Stern white, 2J in. long, 9 lines thick, straight, nearly of equal 
thickness, a little curved and pointed at the foot, which becomes 
reddish. Flesh full. Odour a little agreeable. — Seer. 526. 
Under beech. End of June. 
var. B. Pileus of a grey tint, with yellowish and greenish, 
shining, the gills convex, 3J lines. Stem swollen at the apex. — 
Seer. No. 526. 
Undoubtedly Russula heterophylla has been constantly con- 
founded with R. cyanoxantha , from which it is primarily dis- 
tinguishable by the very narrow and more crowded gills. It is by 
no means a common British species. Badham’s figures, and some 
others, clearly belong to R. cyanoxantha. It is hopeless to 
attempt to separate the two species in the descriptions given by 
the older authors. — M. C. C. 
1214. Russula (Heterophyllae) galochroa. Fr. Hym. Fur. 447. 
Fr. Mon. 195. Sacc. Syll. 1831. Stevenson II., 123. Bull. t. 509, 
f. L. Cooke Rdbk. II., 1214. Cooke Ulus. 1. 1089. 
Smaller than R. heterophylla , pileus at first milk white, then 
becoming greenish, rarely with scattered floccose white spots. 
Under birch. 
Margin even, or slightly striate. Flocci of the disc spot-like or 
wart-like. — Fr. Hym. Fur. 447. 
Chiefly in birch woods. Stem solid, firm, 1-2 in. long, ^ in. 
thick, never becoming reddish. Pileus rather plane, viscid in 
moist weather, commonly dry, white, turning greenish, even, and 
sometimes sprinkled with floccose white spots, margin faintly 
striate. Gills rather thin, more or less furcate and unequal. — Fr. 
Mon. 195. 
“ The flocci at the disc, in the form of spots or warts, are not 
like those of R. virescens .” — Stevenson. 
Although not cited by Fries, the following is Secretan’s 
description : — 
A. galochxous. Seer. 535. 
var. A. Pileus milk white, yellowish white, dull, convexo- 
plane, becoming plane, 2| in. diam., margin without striae. Flesh 
white, 4 lines thick, firm, hard. 
Gills white, changing to the eye to yellowish, slender, numerous, 
veined at the base, convex, adnate, 2 lines wide, a few short gills. 
Stem white, 2 in. long, 6 lines thick, a little shining, curved, 
swollen at the foot, which ends in a point. Flesh same as the 
pileus. Odour indifferent. 
var. B. Larger, presenting at the sides slight reddish tints, of 
a dull aspect. 
