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R. veternosa. — Cap about 2 in. across, rosy or flesh-colour, disc 

 becoming pale ; gills crowded, white, then straw-colour ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, white. 



Distinguished amongst species with pale yellow gills by the clear 

 rosy or pinkish flesh-colour, even cap, and e\-en, wliite stem which 

 soon becomes hoHow. 



In woods. 



R. niaciilata. — Cap 2-3 in. across, viscid, reddish flesh-colour, 

 then pallid, especially the disc, irregularly blotched with purple or 

 brown ; gills adnate, pale sulphur, then peach-colour ; stem i-i| 

 in. long, white or tinged rose-colour. 



In woods. 



R. serotina. — Cap up to i in. across, purplish brown or olive, 

 edge lilac, covered with a white bloom at first ; gills white with a 

 yellow tinge ; stem about i in. long, white. 



Distinguished by its small size, cap rarely exceeding i in. across. 



On the ground under beeches, etc. 



** Gills white. 



f Cap ochraceoits or itnihcr. 



R. ochroleuca. — Cap 3-4 in. across, polished, dingy ochraceous, 

 becoming paler ; gills white, then pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, soft 

 and spongy, white, then grey. 



Distinguished by the dingy yellow cap, broad, white gills rounded 

 behind, and the soft, grey stem. 



In fir woods, etc. 



R. granulosa. — Closely resembling R. ochroleuca, differing in the 

 disc of the cap becoming broken up into granules, and the white, 

 mealy, or granular stem, which does not change to grey. 



On the ground under trees. 



R. fcetens. — Smell strong and unpleasant. Cap 3-6 in. across, 

 rigid and fragile, subglobose, then expanded or depressed, dingy 

 ochraceous, becoming pale, edge incurved at first, grooved and 

 tuberculose ; gills whitish ; stem about 2 in. long, whitish. 



Known by the strong smell and grooved, tuberculated edge. 



In woods. 



R. consobrina.- — Cap about 3 in. across, dark grey or olive-brown, 

 edge even, thin ; gills clear white ; stem 2-3 in. long, clear white, 

 then grey. 



Very acrid. Known by the even, umber or olive-brown cap 

 with a grey tinge. 



In woods. 



var. sororia. — Resembling the type, but edge of cap striate. 



R. pectinata. — Cap about 3 in. across, flesh yellowish just under 

 the cuticle of the cap, depressed, viscid, brownish tan, then paler, 

 disc darker, edge thin, grooved, and tuberculose ; gills narrow, 

 crowded ; stem about 2 in. long, white. 



