2QO AGARICACE^E Russiila 



1349. R. peetinata Fr. (from the sulcate margin of the pileus, like 



the teeth of a comb ; peeten, a comb) a c. 



P. convex to flat or slightly depressed, rigid, viscid, yellowish- 

 umber or dull ochre, with a dark or purplish mid., becoming 

 pale ; marg. tuberculoso-sulcate. St. equal, spongy-stuffed, 

 rigid, slightly striate, white or faintly greyish. G. attenuato- 

 free, subcrowded. 



Suspected poisonous. Taste somewhat acrid ; odour weak, nauseous, some- 

 what like 1341. Woods, mixed. Aug. 3 x if X f in. 



1350. R. oehroleuea Fr. (from the usually yellowish-white pileus ; 



Gr. ochres, pale yellow, leukos, white) a b c. 



P. convex to slightly depressed, lustrous, deep or light yellow, 

 becoming pale, never reddish ; marg. striate when old. 

 St. equal, slightly reticulato-wrinkled, white to lemon-white, 

 becoming pale steel-grey. G. rounded, white or pale yellowish. 



Taste of flesh mild, gills acrid ; odour none, or pleasant. Woods, chiefly 

 fir ; frequent. July-Nov. 3f X 2j X f in. Var. claroflava Cooke. 

 P. deep chrome-yellow. G. white, becoming pale lemon then somewhat 

 ochraceous. 



1351. R. granulosa Cooke (from the, at length, minutely granular 



pileus and stem) a l>. 



P. convex to subinfundibuliform, pale or ochreous yellow ; mid. 

 darker ; marg. paler. St. equal, white above, as P. or some- 

 what sienna below. G. adnexed or adnate, rarely furcate, 

 somewhat crowded. 



Taste of flesh mild, gills acrid ; odour sour. Under trees. Aug. -Sept. 

 3f X 2i x J in. 



1352. R. seruglnea Fr. (from the verdigris-green pileus ; cerugineus, 



like verdigris) a b. 

 P. convex to slightly depressed, even, somewhat dry, sometimes 



olive or umber-yellowish, blotted with olive ; mid. darker. St. 



equal, even, smooth, white. G. attenuate behind and slightly 



adnexed, somewhat distant. 

 Taste mild, pleasant. Woods. Aug. 4f X i X i^ in. 



1353. R. eitrina Gill, (from the citron-coloured pileus) a b. 



P. convex to depressed, smooth, sulphur-lemon with mid. brassy- 

 yellow, sometimes faintly greenish with mid. becoming pale 

 ochreous. St. equal, striate, white to faintest lemon. G. 

 attenuate and furcate behind, adnexed. Flesh white, brassy- 

 yellow under pellicle. 



Taste sweet to acrid ; odour almost obsolete. Woods, mixed. Aug.-Oct. 

 3i X if X i in. 



1354. R. fragilis Fr. (from the brittle substance) a b c. 



P. convex and sometimes umbonate to depressed, crimson, 

 purple, rose-flesh-colour to buff or white, often clouded, 

 changing colour ; mid. darker or fuscous, not red under the 



