The Agaric accac of Ohio. 



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F.- Taste mild. 



G.^ Stipe becoming blackish when 



bruised or dried; pileus glabrous, 



bright red, margin striate. B. T. 



33: 214... 7?. nigrescentipes Peck 



G.2 Stipe not becoming blackish. 



H.^ Pileus tuberculose-striate on 

 margin, less than 3.5 cm. 

 broad. S. 479 ; K. 85 ; M. B. 

 116: 95; Mc. 208. 



R. puellaris Fr. 

 H.= Pileus even on margin, more 

 than 3.5 cm. (except some- 

 times R. ptirpurina.) 

 1} Pileus dry, subvelvety or with 

 velvety appearance, rim- 

 ose - areolate, sometimes 

 becoming yellowish; stipe 

 usually red or tinged with 

 red. S. 461; St. 2: 119; 

 K. 68; M. B. 116:79; 

 Mc. 195; H. 187. 



R. lepida Fr. 

 I.- Pileus glabrous, viscid, not 

 rimose; stipe white (ex- 

 cept in R. ptirpurina) . 

 ]} Pileus rugose-wrinkled; 

 cuticle not reaching 

 margin ; stipe solid. 

 S. 465; St. 2:122; K. 

 74; M. B. 116:82; 

 Mc. 198; H. 189. 



R. vesca Fr. 

 J.- Pileus not rugose; stipe 

 stuffed or s p o n g v 

 within, sometimes hol- 

 low when old. 



