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RUSSULA REDIVIVA. 
R. luridus russula. Seer. No. 527. 
Pileus olive brown at the margin, yellowish olive in the centre, 
approaching convex, more or less deformed, at length plane, centre 
depressed. Diam. 2f. Flesh white, 4 lines thick. 
Gills white, tending to yellow, especially at the margin of the 
pileus, numerous, crowded, fragile, 3-5 lines wide, straight, adnate, 
short gills anastomosing with the longer ones. 
Stem white, shining, 2 in. long, 10-12 lines thick, swollen at the 
summit, compressed at the base, widened and rounded at the ex- 
tremity, whole plant fleshy and firm. — Seer. 527. 
Under firs. 
R. fumosa russula. Seer. No. 528. 
Pileus bistre by zones, margin turning bleached, the centre a 
little olive, an intermediary zone is darker, surface shining, without 
strias. It becomes plane, centre depressed, set obliquely on the 
stem. Diam. 2f in. Flesh white, 4 lines thick. 
Gills white, numerous, straight, 1 line wide, veined at the base, 
adnate. Here and there a short one. 
Stem white, mealy, especially by the gills, If in. long, 6^ lines 
thick, swollen at the summit, slightly ventricose, curved, and 
terminating in a point. Flesh white, attacked by insects. Odour 
not disagreeable. Solitary. — Seer. 528. 
Under oaks. 
R. consobrina. Seer. No. 529. Paul. t. 75, f. 1-5. Batsch.f. 6-7. 
Pileus slate grey, dull, darker in the centre when large, bleached 
at the margin. In youth the margin is more white and the centre 
punctate with black. It is convex, with the centre depressed, at 
length concave, margin splitting like a star, sometimes set 
obliquely on the stem, margin not striate. Diam. 21 in. Flesh 
white, 4 lines thick. 
Gills white, becoming a little yellowish in desiccation, numerous, 
slender, 3 lines wide, their form following the contour of the pileus. 
A small number furcate, arriving at the stem they are very much 
veined and as if branched, they are stopped at the same level, and 
seem attached by a point. 
Stem white, reddish at the foot, l^in. long, 9 lines thick, straight, 
swollen at the two extremities, rounded at the base. Flesh 
destroyed, becomes hollow. 
Under firs. 
var. B. The centre darker, is encircled by a zone of light 
orange and mixed ; this rather large zone is especially terminated 
by a darker hue, which is not very distinct ; the rest is slate grey, 
mixed and whitened. Surface dry, a little shining. Finally, the 
centre takes a very light reddish yellow, encircled by confused zones 
of dark flesh colour, more remote dark brown and light grey at the 
margin. The pileus is plane, deformed, depressed at the centre. 
