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a few dimidiate gills intermixed^ somewhat anastamosing 

 behind. 



In woods. Stoke Poges. Taste mild. Epping Forest. 



25. R. xerampelina, Fr. ; pileus 3 in., rosy purple, disc 

 becoming pale, fleshy, compact, convex, then flattened, at 

 length depressed, without a distinct pellicle, dry, opaque, 

 even, when older thinly rimulose, under a lens thinly 

 granulated or punctate, margin spreading, without striae ; 

 flesh compact, white, inclining to yellowish ; stem stout, 

 firm, internally at length soft, spongy, even, hollow, com- 

 monly thickened at base, even, white or reddish ; gills ad- 

 nexed, somewhat crowded, broader in front, forked behind, 

 whitish, then yellowish. 



In Scotch fir wood. Glamis. Taste mild. Epping 

 Forest. 



26. R. olivacea, Fr. ; pileus dingy purple, then oliva- 

 ceous or fuscous-olivaceous, fleshy, convexo-flattened and 

 depressed, slightly silky and squamulose, margin spreading, 

 even ; flesh white, becoming somewhat yellow ; stem firm, 

 ventricose, rose-colour to pallid, spongy -stufl'ed within ; 

 gills adnexed, wide, yellow, with shorter and forked ones 

 intermixed. 



In woods. Slough. Taste mild. 



27. R. serotina. Quel. ; pileus f-l^ in., globose, slightly 

 flattened, purplish-bistre or olive, white-pruinose ; margin 

 lilac, extreme edge whitish, flesh tough, white ; stem 

 wrinkled, mealy ; gills eroded, white, with a tinge of yellow. 



Under beeeh. Taste acrid. 



28. R. cutefraeta, Cke. ; pileus 3-4 in,, green, purple, 

 dull red, etc., fleshy, firm, dry, opaque, convex, then de- 

 pressed in centre, cuticle cracking from the margin inwards 

 into minute, firm, adnate, areolae, otherwise even ; flesh 



