618 252. Russul. 1 1 . HYMENOTHECEiE. Pl.cell.aph. 
X. 252. RUSSULA. Persoon. Russule. 
Texture vesicular or cellular; stem mostly white; cap 
fleshy, mostly depressed ; gills equal, not terminated by an 
annular margin. — Most are poisonous. 
a. Cap reddish. 
1 . Russula rosacea. Rose russule. 
Cap plano-convex, rather smooth, rose or pale-red; gills 
and stem white. 
Agaricus integer, Lin. S. P. 1640; Sowerby Fungi , 201. 
Agaricus roseus, Sc/uejf. Fung. 58. 
Agaricus russula rosaceus, Persoon Syn. 439. 
In shady woods. 
Thallus smaller than r. emetica ; taste sometimes acrid, 
sometimes mild. 
2 . Russula emetica. Emetic russule . 
Thallus acrid ; stem white or pink ; cap depressed, edge 
furrowed, blood-red ; gills white. 
Agaricus integer, Lin. S. P. 1640; Sowerby Fungi , 201. 
Agaricus emeticus, Schceff. Fung. 15. 
Agaricus integer, var. 3, Withering Arr. 4,228. 
Agaricus russula emeticus, Persoon Syn. 439. 
In woods. 
A favourite food of snails, so that a perfect specimen is 
rarely found. 
b. Cap reddish-lrown or yellowish. 
3. Russula vitellina. Yelk russule. 
Thallus small; stem slender, white; cap flattish, pale 
yelk-colour ; gills shining, pinky inclining to yellow. 
Agaricus integer, Lin. S. P. 1640; Sowerby Fungi , 201. 
Agaricus risigallinus, Batsch Fung. 67. 
Agaricus russula vitellinus, Persoon Syn. 442. 
In woods. 
4 . Russula lutea. Yellow russule. 
Stem very long, white; cap rather slimy, umbilicated, 
pale; gills distinct, yelk-colour. 
Agaricus luteus, Hudson Angl. 611. 
Agaricus russula luteus, Persoon Syn. 442. 
In woods. 
