Part 18

var. pictipes, Cke. S. rosy at apex, greenish below.

var. ochroviridis, Cke. Disc of p. olive or sooty, ochraceous towards edge.

=aeruginea=, Lindbl. P. 6-9 cm. exp. darker disc depr., verdigris green, edge striate; g. narrow behind, slightly adnexed, pure white; s. 4-5 cm. firm, even, persistently white; sp. 8-10.

++++ Pileus red, brownish, purple, sometimes with green intermingled.

=lepida=, Fr. P. 6-9 cm. compact, depr. not polished, blood red, becoming pale, minutely cracked into squamules; g. much forked; s. 3-5 cm. even, white with rosy tinge; sp. 6-8.

=atropurpurea=, Kromb. P. 6-8 cm. hard, convex then exp. depr. smooth, even, deep blood red or purple red; g. adnate, white; s. 5-6 cm. white or tinged red.

Differs from R. rubra in being quite mild.

=cutefracta=, Cke. P. 6-12 cm. exp. depr. even, purple, dull red, etc., cracking into areolae from edge towards disc; g. adnexed, crowded; s. 6-8 cm. solid, white with tinge of purple; sp. 7-10.

=vesca=, Fr. P. 5-8 cm. exp. depr. flesh colour, disc darker, viscid, rugulose; g. adnate, crowded; s. 3-5 cm. solid, white, reticulately wrinkled; sp. 9-10.

var. Duportii, Phil. P. disc rufous, edge bluish, flesh reddish when cut. Smells of crab.

var. lilacea, Q. P. violet or purple, flesh violet under the cuticle.

var. Barlae, Q. P. peach colour.

=depallens=, Fr. P. 6-9 cm. firm, undulate, viscid, reddish, crimson, or brownish, disc paler at length; g. crowded, forked; s. 3-4 cm. base narrowed, white then grey; sp. 7-8.

Differs from R. decolorans in having white gills.

Differs from Russula pallescens in being more robust and even margin of p.

=cyanoxantha=, Schaeff. P. 5-9 cm. globose then depr. or infundib. viscid, lilac, purplish, olive green, &c., edge generally bluish; g. broad, forked; s. 4-6 cm. even, white; sp. 8-9.

=elephantina=, Fr. P. 6-10 cm. convex, umbil. margin incurved, brownish tan, wavy; g. obtusely adnate, arcuate, rather crowded, thin; s. firm, white; sp. ----.

Differs from R. nigricans and R. adusta in not turning black or red when old.

=mustelina=, Fr. P. 5-7 cm. depr. edge upturned, even, opaque, brownish or dingy yellowish, flesh persistently white; g. crowded, thin, connected; s. 4-5 cm. even, white; sp. 7-8.

II. Taste acrid.

* Gills yellow or ochraceous.

+ Pileus yellow or ochraceous.

=fellea=, Fr. Every part, outside and inside, pale ochraceous or straw colour, very acrid. P. 3-7 cm. exp. not becoming pale; g. adnate; s. even, 4-6 cm.

Differs from R. ochracea in being very acrid.

=aurata=, Fr. P. 6-10 cm. rigid, exp. polished, citrin or orange, sometimes reddish, edge becoming striate, flesh under cuticle citrin; g. broad, shining citrin; s. 5-8 cm. white tinged yellow; sp. ----.

No account of mild or acrid taste is given, hence its position is uncertain. Has points in common with R. aurata.

=claroflava=, Grove. P. 5-7 cm. bullate then plane, chrome yellow; g. white, lemon yellow, then tinged ochre; s. 3-6 cm. white then grey or blackish; sp. 8-9.

Differs from R. ochroleuca in bright yellow p.