.2i8 OUTLINES OF BKITISH FUXGOLOGY. 



In shady woods. 



10. R. fureata, Fr. (p. 210) ; 3 in. Epping Forest. 



Var. pictipes Cke. ; pileus 4-6 in., plane, depressed, darker 

 at disc, even ; margin even, or at length slightly striate ; 

 stem stout, slightly attenuated downwards, rosy at apex, 

 tinted green below, even ; gills adnate, rather distant, 

 white ; cuticle of pileus separable, flesh rosy beneath. 



Under trees. Taste mild. 



Var. ochroviridis Cke. ; pileus 4 in., at first viscid, 

 polished when dry, with a thin aduate pellicle, ochraceous 

 towards margin, disc olivaceous or fuliginous, margin 

 spreading, even, acute ; stem short, reticulatcly rugulose, 

 white, rarely growing pallid, flesh fuliginous when cut, 

 stuflFed, spongy within ; gills attenuated both ways, lanc- 

 eolate, crowded, many furcate, white, becoming somewhat 

 dirty white when old. 



On the ground. Taste mild. 



11. R. sanguinea, Fi: (p. 210) ; 2-3 in. 



12. R. rosacea, Fr. (p. 210) ; 2-4 in. Epping Forest. 



13. R. maculata, Quel. ; pileus 3 in., solid, convex, 

 then plane, viscid, reddish flesh colour, pallid, then spotted 

 with purple or brown, margin undulate, and often darker ; 

 flesh white ; stem striate, short, solid, reticulated, white 

 or somewhat rosy, then spotted with ochre ; gills attenuated 

 behind, adnate, bifurcate, pallid sulphur, then somewhat 

 peach- colour. 



In woods. Epping Forest. Taste acrid. 



14. R. sardonia, Fr. (p. 211) ; 2-3 in. 



15. R. depallens, Fr. (p. 211). Epping Forest. 



16. R. purpurea, Gill. ; pileus fleshy, at first hemi- 

 spherical, then convex, more or less depressed in centre, 

 rugoso-plicate, dark purple, darker in centre, margin even. 



