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RUSSULA REDIVIVA. 
1191 . Russula (Furcatae) sanguinea. Bull. Champ, t. 42. Fr. Mon. 
it., 188. Fr. Hym. Fur. 442. Sacc. Syll. 1800. Secr. No. 505 ? 
Stevenson it., 116. Cooke FLdblc. i., 617; ii,, 1191, Cooke Ilius, t. 
1019. 
Acrid, pileus fleshy, firm, convex, gibbous, then depressed and 
infundibuliform, turning smooth, moist, margin thin, acute , even, 
stem spongy, solid, rather striate, white or reddish ; gills decur- 
rent, thin, very crowded, somewhat furcate, connected, white. 
In moist grassy places in woods. 
Wholly different from R. rubra , flesh solid, firm, gills adnate, 
then deeply decurrent, very narrow, acuminate behind, stem at 
first constricted above. Pileus commonly blood-red, or chiefly 
about the margin becoming whitish. — Fr. Hym. Fur. 442. 
Taste acrid, peppery, stem stout, spongy, stuffed, at first at the 
apex contracted, then equal, finely striate, white or reddish, pileus 
fleshy, firm, at first convex, obtuse, then depressed, infundibuli- 
form, and the centre commonly gibbous, polished, even, moist in 
wet weather, 2-3 in. broad, blood-red or growing pale about the 
even patent margin. Flesh firm, cheesy, white. Gills at first 
adnate, then truly decurrent, very much crowded, very narrow, 
connected by veins, fragile, somewhat furcate, white. Confounded 
often with R. rubra of the same colour, but this is more rigid, 
flesh grumous, &c., very different. — Fr. Mon. p. 188. 
The following is Secretan’s description, as cited doubtfully by 
Fries ■ 
Agaxicus emeticus. Secr. No. 505. Schtf. t. 15, f. 4, 5, 6. Batsch. f. 
13. Soiv. t. 201, red fig. 
Pileus at first white, mixed with cherry-red, then of a lively- 
red, scarlet : finally the tint varies from cherry- red to fresh blood- 
red and vermilion, drawing sometimes to vermilion, the centre is at 
length dark. It approaches convex, then umbonate ; often 
oblong ; margin sinuate,- at length concave, the margin raised very 
high, finishing by closing up irregularly above ; diam. 4J in. ; flesh 
white, cheesy, 6 lines thick. 
Gills white at all ages, appearing somewhat numerous, crowded, 
at last seen separate and held to the bottom by large veins. They 
are slender, fragile, 4-6 lines wide, anastomosing, furcate near the 
stem, they following the forms of the pileus and adhering to the 
stem at unequal heights. 
Stem nearly a dull white, it takes by-and-bye a rosy tint, or red, 
which in old age sometimes cover it entirely. It is 3| in. long, 9- 
10 lines thick, straight or curved, swollen at the foot, when old it 
is attenuated conically at the base. It becomes hollow as the flesh 
is destroyed by insects. Solid when of a prime age. Summer 
and autumn. 
Obs. — By an unfortunate mistake the synopsis of Persoon 
quotes here the figs. O. and P. of pi. 509 of Bulliard, which is 
wrong. The same error is copied by Fries. — Secr. 505. 
