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Oa the ground. Smaller than R. fcetens ; odour some- 

 what disagreeable, taste slightly acrid. Epping Forest. 



37. R. fellca, Fi\ ; pileus 1-2 in., straw-colour or 

 yellow, disc darker, thinly fleshy, convex, then plane, 

 polished, smooth, margin even, slightly striate when old, 

 pellicle closely adnate, thin ; flesh firm, same colour as 

 gills ; stem spongy-stuffed, then hollow, fragile, equal, even, 

 •white, then straw-colour; gills adnate, crowded, thin, 

 narrow, obsoletely connected by veins, others dimidiate or 

 bifid. 



In beech Avoods. Epping Forest. Common. Very 

 acrid. 



38. R. elegans, Bres.; pileus H-2 in., fleshy, thin, con- 

 vex, then rather depressed, margin tuberculose, striate when 

 old, viscid, bright rosy flesh colour, soon ochraceous at 

 circumfei'ence, wholly densely granulate ; stem spongy- 

 stufl'ed, then hollow, a little thickened at base, white 

 ochraceous below, rather rugulose ; flesh white, turning 

 ochraceous ; gills attenuated behind, adnexed or slightly 

 rounded, very crowded, equal, rarely furcate, whitish, be- 

 coming here and there orange ochre. 



In mixed woods. Acrid with age. 



39. R. Queletii, Fr. ; pileus 3 in., violaceous-black or 

 fuscous, ])urple-lilac at slightly striate margin, compact, 

 campanulato-convex, then plane, even, viscous ; flesh thin, 

 firm, white, reddish under pellicle; stem spongy, mealy, 

 violaceous purple ; gills attenuated, unequal or forked, 

 white, exuding drops, which on becoming dry form azure- 

 blue, cinereous or pallid olivaceous spots. 



In woods. Common. Acrid. 



40. R. expellens, Gill.; pileus 3-4 in., fleshy, firm, 

 rather depressed, viscid, bright purple, centre dark purple, 



