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396. Russula (Rigid®) rubra. Fr. Hym. Eur. 444. Cooke 
Ulus. t. 1025. Sacc. Syll. v., 1817. 
Acrid. Pileus fleshy, rigid (9-11 c.tn. broad), convex, then 
plane or depressed, dry, polished, becoming even ; margin patent, 
obtuse, without stri® ; stem solid, hard, stout, white, or red (6-7 
c.m. long) ; gills obtusely adnate, rather crowded, whitish, often 
forked and dimidiate. Spores 10 p. 
In grassy places. Victoria. Queensland. N.S. Wales. 
397. Russula (Rigid®) Linn®i. Fries Hym. Eur. 444. 
Cooke Jllus. t. 1026. Sacc. Syll. 1818. 
Mild. Pileus everywhere fleshy, plane, then depressed, polished , 
dry, smooth (8-12 c.m. broad), margin spreading, obtuse, without 
stri®, flesh spongy, compact, white ; stem spongy, solid, stout, 
rivulose, red (3-4 c.m. long, 2 £ c.m. thick) ; gills adnate, rather 
decurrent, somewhat thick, white, turning yellowish, sometimes 
dichotomous, and anastomosing behind. Spores 8 X 10 p. 
In woods. Queensland. 
Series 4. Heterophyll® Pileus firm, margin thin, at length ex- 
panded and striate, clad with a thin adnate pellicle. Gills 
mixed with many shorter ones. Stem spongy within. 
398. Russula (Heterophyll®) expallens. Gillct Tab.p. 49. 
Cooke lllus. t. 1029. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, rather depressed, viscid, bright purple, centre 
dark purple (6-8 c.m. diam.), at length decoloured, except the 
disc, cuticle separable, flesh purple, stem cylindrical, firm, equal, or 
a little thickened at the base (5-8 x 2 c.m.), turning purple, 
mealy ; gills pallid yellow, furcate at the base, broad. 
Under trees. Victoria. 
Series 5. Fragiles. Pileus more or less fleshy, rigid, but fragile, 
pellicle continuous, viscid after rain ; margin membranaceous, 
at first connivcnt, when mature sulcate ; flesh floccose, friable; 
stem spongy, at length soft and hollow ; gills nearly all equal’ 
simple, becoming broadest in front. 
* Gills and spores white. 
399. Russula (Fragiles) emetica. Fr. Hym. Eur. 448. 
Cooke lllus. t. 1030. Sacc. Syll. 1841. 
Acrid. Pileus fleshy, expanded or depressed, polished, shining 
(5-10 c.m. broad) ; margin patent, at length sulcate ; flesh white, 
reddish beneath the separable cuticle ; stem spongy-solid, firm, 
elastic, even, white or reddish (6-8 c.m. long) ; gills free, equal, 
broad, somewhat distant, white. Spores 8 p. 
In woods. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Tasmania. 
var. Clusii. Fries Hym. Eur. 449. Cooke lllus. t. 1031. 
Sacc. Syll. 1842. 
Pileus convex, then expanded, blood red, flesh white, turning 
yellowish, gills obsoletely adnexed, at length adnate, pallid 
yellowish ; spores 10 p. 
In woods. Victoria. 
