Handbook of British Fungi Volume 1; With Full Descriptions of All the Species, and Illustrations of the Genera (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...even, smooth; margin involute, without stri . Flesh firm, dry, white. Sect. 2. Furcatce. 616. Russula furcata. Fr. "Forked ssussula." Mild, at length bitter. Pileus fleshy, rigid, plane, then depressed and infundibuliform, even, somewhat shining, with a silky lustre, at length smooth; margin eren, acute; stem stout, firm, even, attenuated downwards; gills adnato-decurrent, rather thick, somewhat distant, forked, white, as well as the stem.--Fr. Epicr.p. 352. Krombh.t. 62, f. 1,2, t. 69, /. 18-22. Bull.t.26. Sch ff.t.9i, f.l. Paul. t. 74, /. 1. Buxb.v.tA7, f.2. Eng. Fl. v.p. 22. Baria. 1.16, / 1-9. In woods. Sept. Common. United States. Stem staffed, moderately firm, white. Pileus when young plane, the margin deflexed, then subinfundibuliform, green. Taste acrid.--Fries. 617. Russula sanguinea. Fr. "Blood-red ssussula." Acrid. Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, then gibbo-depressed and infundibuliform, at length even, moist; margin thin, acute, even; stem spongy or solid, slightly striate, white or reddish; gills decurrent, thin, very crowded, somewhat forked, connected, white.--Fr. Epicr.p. 351. Bull. t. 42. Boq. t. 12, / 1. Smith, P.M. /17. In woods. Stem stout. Pileus fleshy, firm, obtuse, then depressed and infundibuliform, polished, 2-3 in. broad, blood-red, or growing pale about the margin. Flesh firm, cheesy, white. Gills very narrow, and much crowded. Taste acrid and peppery. CIS. Russula rosacea. Fr. "Rosy ssussula." At length acrid. Pileus compact, convexo-plane, unequal, viscid, then dry, variegated with spots; margin acute, even; stem spongy or solid, even, white, or reddish; gills adnate, rather crowded, plane, unequal, white, divided behind.--Fr. Epicr.p. 351. Bull. t. 509, / Z. In woods. United State