RUSSULA rediviva. 
9S 
1190. Russula (Furcatae) furcata. Pers. Syn. Fries Eym. Fur. 
441. Mon. Eym. II., 187. Stevenson B. F. ii., 116. Seer. 515, 518. 
Sacc. Syll. 1798. Cooke Edbk. i., 616 ; II., 1190. Cooke Ulus. t. 
1036. Krombholz t. 62,/. 1,2; t. 69,/. 18-22. Schceff. t. 94, /. 1. 
Bulliar d t. 26. Paulet t. 74, f. 1. Barla t. 16, f. 1-9. Earzer t. 
54 ; t. 63, /. 5. 
Mild, then rather bitter ; pileus fleshy, rigid, piano-gibbous, 
then depressed and infundibuliforrn, even , overspread with a silky 
lustre , and becoming smooth, margin even, acute ; stem stout, 
firm, even , attenuated downwards ; gills adnate- decurrent, rather 
thick, somewhat distant, furcate, pure white. 
In woods. 
Allied rather to R. rubra than to R. virescens , but differing 
from these in the form of the pileus, acute margin at first inflexed, 
separable pellicle, which does not break up into warts, aud in the 
type of the gills. Pileus sometimes umber or bright green, but it 
is also fuscous, becoming whitish. — Fries Hym. Eur. 441. 
Obs. — Barla’s figures are of too bright and grassy a green to 
represent the usual form of this species well, and the same remark 
applies to the bright coloration of Viviani’s t. 60, and Krombholz’s 
t. 62, f. 1, 2. — M. C. C. 
Spores. — 6-7 p (C. B. P.) ; 8-9 p (Britz.) ; 7-8 p (Sacc.) 
Taste becoming bitter. Stem solid, firm, 2 in. or more long, 
equal or attenuated downwards, even, white ; pileus fleshy, compact, 
gibbous, then piano-depressed or funnel-shaped, even, smooth, but 
often having a silky lustre, 3 in. broad, either aeruginous green or 
umber turning greenish, but variable in colour. Pellicle of the 
pileus separable here and there. Margin thin, at first inflexed, 
then patent, always even. Flesh firm, rather cheesy, white ; gills 
adnate, decurrent, rather thick, somewhat distant, broad, attenuated 
at both ends, frequently forked, white. — Fr. Mon. 188. 
Pileus of a sombre green, unequal in tint, darkest in the centre, 
lighter at the margin, dull like cloth, successively convex, with the 
centre a little elevated, then plane, and at length concave. Some- 
times excentric. Diam. 4 in. Flesh white, cheesy, brittle. 5 lines 
thick, vinous red under the cuticle, which is easily separated. 
Gills white, not very numerous, firm, fragile, 4 lines wide, 
frequently bifurcate or trifurcate at different lengths, concave, 
straight, or convex, following the form of the pileus, all of them 
bifid at the same distance from the stem, some dimidiate. Stem 
white, 3 in. long, 9-10 lines thick, cylindrical, straight, a little 
attenuated and curved at the base, solid. Whole plant firm and 
brittle. Odour bad. — Seer. No. 515. 
var. pictipes. Cooke Edbk. n., p. 321. Ulus. t. 1086. 
Pileus convex, then expanded, depressed in the centre, dark 
olive green, margin acute, and when fully mature faintly striate. 
