RUSSULA REDIVIVA. 
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var. C. Also larger, diam. 4 in., presenting a tint of reddish in 
the centre, margin a little folded. Gills white, numerous, 
“almost ” pass for free. Stem straight, 1J in. long. — Seer. 535. 
1215. Russula (Heterophyllae) consobrina. Fr. Kym. Fur. 447 . 
Fr. Mon. 195 . Sacc. Syll. 1832 . Stevenson n., 123 . Cooke Sdbk. 
II., 1215 . Cooke Illus. t. 1055 . 
Very acrid, pileus fleshy, rather fragile, expanded or depressed, 
flesh white, under the thick (moist), viscid pellicle cinereous, 
margin membranaceous, straight, even ; stem spongy, stuffed, firm, 
white, becoming cinereous ; gills adfixed, crowded, white, many 
dimidiate and furcate. 
In larch woods. 
Commonly broad, not foetid, disposed towards the former, gills 
towards the latter approximating. Pileus at first campanulate, 
gills free, then as expanded, adnate, scarcely connected by veins, 
but this note is deceitful. Colour umber, olivaceous, fuscous, or 
grey, Seer. 519, 527-529, but a suspicion of admixture of Russula 
rigides. — Fr. Hym. Eur. 447. 
Stevenson says, “ Stature in general that of R. emetica, but 
differing in the colour of the pileus, and in the very unequal gills.” 
Amongst moss, in larch woods. Stem solid but soft, 2-3 in. 
long, 1 in. thick, equal, even, smooth, white, at length becoming 
cinereous. Pileus fleshy, fragile, campanulate, then expanded, at 
length depressed, 3 in. broad, dark cinereous or fuscous olive; 
margin patent, even, membranaceous. Flesh white, under the 
thick, viscid, separable cuticle cinereous. Gills at first free, then 
with the expansion of the pileus, apparently adnate, broad, 
crowded, white, many dimidiate and furcate. Taste very acrid. 
Stature of R. emetica , but differing in colour and in very unequal 
gills. — Fr. Mon. 195. 
The following are somewhat doubtful descriptions given by 
Secretan : — 
R. viridigrisea. Seer. No. 519 . 
Pileus greenish grey, shining, viscid, the colour nearly uniform. 
It is plano-concave, centre depressed, margin folded in and at 
length straight, rather tuberculose and striate. Diam. 4 in. 
Often set obliquely on the stem. Flesh 6 lines thick. 
Gills white, numerous, narrow, straight or convex, adnate, 4 lines 
wide, not at all veined at the base. Some short gills. 
Stem white, shining, 3 in. long, 10 lines thick, thickened at the 
summit, attenuated at the base, and forming in the middle an 
angular thickening very remarkable, underneath which it comes 
again to narrow and bends itself. It is nearly solid and afterwards 
hollow. Odour feeble and a little agreeable. This plant, fleshy, 
heavy, is solitary. — Seer. 519. 
