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aznrea, Bres. P. 45 cm. exp. depr. pale glaucous green, with 

 white bloom ; g. pale cream colour ; s. 2 3 cm. white, rugulose ; sp. 

 89. 



Differs from R. cyanoxantha in white meal on the pileus. 



virescens, Fr. P. 7 12 cm. exp. umbil. dingy opaque green, 

 innately flocculose, areolately cracked; g. rather crowded, forked; 

 s. 46 cm. stout, white ; sp. 89. Edible. 



[luteo-viridans, C. Mart. P. convex then depr. then edge erect 

 and sulcate, pellicle viscid, separable, yellow with green or brown 

 stains ; g. broad ; s. reticulated, base narrowed. Acrid. 



var. bicolor, C. Mart. Disc of p. yellow, edge brown ; g. dark 

 ochre. 



var. purpurea, C. Mart. P. purple, disc yellow. 



furcata, Fr. P. 610 cm. rigid, depr. sometimes subinfund. 

 even, dark lurid green, even, frosted with a white silkiness ; g. 

 adnato-decur. thickish, forked ; s. 4 7 cm. firm, even, white ; sp. 

 78. 



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. 



tfft PHeus 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. 



[cerasina, C. Mart. P. viscid, depr. subcyathiform, edge sulcate, 

 pellicle separable, cherry- red, disc yellow, flesh purple under cuticle ; 

 g. adnato-decur. ochre ; s. rugulose, white. Acrid. 



cutefracta, Cke. P. 612 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. 



yesca, 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. 



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