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distinctly yellow, and the spores are smaller. The roseate tint on 
the stem, about the middle, is sometimes faint or obsolete. 
Although not mentioned in the original description, our specimens 
were rather mild, and the pileus slightly viscid. — M.G.G. 
1197. Russula (Furcatae) coerulea. Pers. Syn. 445. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
443. Fr. Mon . n., 205. Sacc. Syll. 1806. ' Cooke Hdbk. II., 1197. 
Cooke Illus. t. 1052. Price f. 124 (but gills white). KrombTi. t. 64, /. 
10-11 ; t. 68,/. 5-8. 
Mild. Pileus fleshy, convex, then flattened or depressed, 
polished, margin even ; stem spongy, solid, firm, white ; gills 
adnate, subequal, turning yellowish, acute at the apex. 
In woods of birch. 
Pileus becoming bluish, subrnfescent or fuscescent, blue at the 
middle. — Fr. Hym. Eur. 443. 
In birch woods. To me its place is uncertain. Very possibly 
the habit of R. cyanoxantha, taste mild, but gills crowded, yellow. 
Colour of the pileus ccerulean or purple lilac ; margin even. — Fr. 
Mon. 205. 
Spores 8-10 x8/t (Britz.). 
Obs. — Whether Mrs. Price’s figure (124), with white gills, 
should be referred to this species may be open to doubt. We 
have never seen a Russula with such a decidedly blue pileus. 
Quelet (“ Especes nouvelles,” 1882) has a species which he calls 
R. palumbina, Paulet, and bases it upon Paulet’s t. 76, f. 2-3. Of 
this he says R. grisea , R. coerulea , and R. olivascens , Pers., are 
varieties. Saccardo refers Quelet’s species to Russula suavis, 
Schulz., and retains the three species intact which Quelet absorbs. 
— M. C. C. 
1198. Russula (Furcatae) drimeia. Cooke Grevillea X., p. 46. 
Cooke Hdbk. II., 1198. Cooke Illus. t. 1023. Sacc. Syll. 1807. 
Stevenson II., 118. 
Acrid, peppery. Pileus compact, firm, convex, then depressed, 
scarcely viscid when moist, opaque when dry, bright purple (2-4 
in. diam.), margin subincurved, even ; stem solid (2-3 in. long, 
J-J in. thick), firm, cylindrical, equal, tinged with purple; gills 
adnexed, scarcely crowded, narrow and furcate at the base, at first 
pale sulphur yellow, then deeper yellow, never white ; spores pale 
ochre. 
On the ground under larch. 
Obs. — So intensely peppery that after tasting a small fragment 
the tongue tingled for more than half-an-hour. Colour and habit 
of R. Queletii, but distinguished by the yellow gills, ochraceous 
spores, and intense peppery taste. — M. G. G. 
