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becoming yellowish or clouded pale rose. G. adnate or 

 adnexed, thin, crowded, white, then pallid yellow r . 

 Taste mild. Woods, birch, pine, waysides, amongst Sphagnum. Aug.- 

 Oct. if X 2 x T 5 B in. Sometimes turning pale, foxy and yellow 

 where bruised. Var. intensior Cooke. P. deep purple ; mid. nearly 

 black. Var. roseipes Cooke. P. rose, rosy-orange, becoming blanched. 

 St. white, partially rosy, not changing to sienna where bruised. All the 

 forms grow in company. 



1365. R. oehraeea Fr. (from the ochreous pileus) a. 



P. hemispherical to infundibuliform, shining; marg. sulcate. 

 St. equal, striate, yellow, pale yellowish or white. G. rounded- 

 adnexed, scarcely crowded, furcate at base, ochreous. Flesh 

 white to ochreous. 



Taste mild. Woods, fir, mixed, grassy places. Aug. 3^ X if X f in. 



1366. R. lutea Fr. (from the yellow pileus; lutens, yellow) a c. 



P. convex to piano-depressed, becoming pale, sometimes white, 

 varying orange with scarlet mid. ; marg. striate. St. equal, 

 even, white, shaded greyish, never reddish. G. adnexo-free, 

 crowded, all equal, egg-yellow. 



Taste mild ; odour pleasant of apricot, or almost obsolete. Woods ; 

 uncommon. July-Oct. 2f x 2 x f in. 



1367. R. nauseosa Fr. (from the nauseous taste and odour) a b c. 



P. hemispherical to depressed, viscid, bright yellow or purplish 

 to livid, becoming pale or whitish, never red or reddish, with 

 mid. deep ochre ; varying orange or yellow with mid. darker ; 

 marg. tuberculoso-striate. St. slightly striate, equal or sub- 

 clavate, whitish. G. adnexo-free, ventricose, white or yellowish. 



Taste acrid, sometimes mild ; odour fetid to feeble, strong, sour, like decaying 

 oat-cake. Woods, chiefly pine. Sept. -Oct. 2j x 2^ x f in. Often 

 resembling 1341. Var.flav/Ja Cooke. P. clear primrose-yellow. 



1368. R. vitellina Fr. (from its egg-yellow colour; vitellns, yolk of 



egg) a c. 



P. convex to plane, light yellow to pallid ; marg. striato-tuber- 

 culate. St. equal, white. G. adnexo-free, equal, distant, 

 somewhat thick, connected by veins, saffron. 



Taste mild ; odour strong. Woods, fir, mixed ; uncommon. Aug. -Sept. 

 if X i X J in. There is a large form with P. 2-3 in. in diam. 



1369. R. ehamseleontina Fr. (from its changing colour, chameleon- 



like) a b. 

 P. convex to slightly depressed, flesh-colour, changing to yellow 



at mid., then wholly yellow, sometimes purple, olive with slate 



mid., scarlet, crimson, pale rose or vermilion with yellow mid. 



St. equal, slightly striate, white. G. adnexed, thin, crowded, 



equal, somewhat forked, yellow. 

 Taste mild, sweet ; odour none. Woods, pine, beech, downs ; rare. 



Sept. -Oct. li X ij X J in. 



