ii6 BRITISH FUNGI 



R. intcgra. — Agreeing in many points with R. aliitacea ; differing 

 in the paler yellow gills becoming powdery with the spores. 



In woods. 



R. naiiseosa. — Cap about i\ in. across, soon depressed, dingy 

 purple or lilac, disc darker ; gills dingy ochre ; stem i-ii in. long, 

 white. Smell strong and very unpleasant. Agrees with R. nitida in 

 the smell, but differs in the rather distant dingy ochraceous gills. 



In woods. 



R. vitcllina (PI. X, fig. i). — Strong scented. Cap up to i\ in. 

 across, yellow ; gills saffron-colour ; stem about i in. long, white. 



Differs from R. lutea in strong smell and striate and tuberculosa 

 edge of cap. 



In woods. 



R. ochracea. — Cap about 3 in. across, edge coarsely striate, 

 ochraceous ; gills ochraceous ; stem about i|- in. long, ochraceous. 



The mild taste and ochraceous colour of every part, including the 

 flesh, stamps this species. 



In pine and mixed woods. 



R. luica (PI. IX, fig. 5). — Cap 1-2 in. across, primrose-yellow, then 

 pale ; gills ochraceous yellow ; stem about i| in. long, white. 



Differs from R. vitellina in the absence of smell. 



R. elcgans.— Cap 2-3 in. across, viscid, rosy flesh-colour, edge soon 

 ochraceous, everywhere granulated ; gills ochraceous orange ; stem 

 up to 2 in. long, white, base ochraceous. 



In damp woods. 



R. armeniaca. — Very fragile. Cap i-i| in. across, peach-colour, 

 edge paler ; gills bright ochre or almost egg-yellow ; stem white. 



Among grass under trees. 



** Gills yellow, without an odiraceous tinge. 



R. ccerulea. — Cap 2-3 in. across, bluish or bluish purple ; gills 

 pale yellow ; stem about 2 in. long, white. 



R. nitida. — Smell unpleasant. Cap about 2 in. across, purplish 

 bay, but variable, shining ; gills sulphur- colour, not powdered ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, white, then pallid. 



R. aurata. — Cap 2-3 in. across, citron-yellow, orange, red, etc., 

 disc darker ; gills yellowish white, edge bright citron-yellow ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, white or citron-yellow. 



In woods, under pines, etc. 



R. decolorans. — Cap 3-4 in. across, orange-red, then yellow and 

 bleaching ; gills white, then yellowish ; stem up to 4 in. long, stout, 

 white. 



Flesh of cap and more especially of stem becoming grey with age ; 

 in this point it agrees with R. depallcns, differing in the long stem 

 and in the gills becoming yellow. 



In pine and mixed woods. 



