256 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUXGOLOGV. 



then plane or depressed, viscid, darker in centre, thin 

 towards margiu, not striate ; stem equal, soft, white, spong\% 

 at leugtli hollow ; flesh white ; gills rather unequal, at- 

 tenuated behind, somewhat crowded, thin, Avhite. 

 Under trees. Inodorous. Taste mild. 



44. R. pectinata, F)\ ; pileus 3 in., viscous, brown, be- 

 coming pale, tan, disc darker, fleshy, rigid, convex, then 

 flattened and depressed, concavo-infundibuliform, margin 

 thin, pectinato-sulcate, here and there irregular ; flesh 

 white, light yellowish under the not easily separable pellicle ; 

 stem rigid, spongy- stuffed, longitudinally slightly striate, 

 shining white, often attenuated at base; gills attenuato- 

 free behind, broader at margin, somewhat crowded, equal, 

 simple, white. 



In mixed woods. Glamis. Epping Forest. Odour 

 nauseous. 



45. R. ochroleuca, Fr. ([). 212) ; I-I2 in. Epping 

 Forest. 



46. R. granulosa, Cke. ; pileus 2-3 in., convex, plane, 

 then depressed or infundibuliform, at first viscid, ochra- 

 ceous-yellow, disc darker, breaking up into minute granules, 

 margin even, or faintly striate when old ; stem minutely 

 granular or mealy throughout, granules white at apex, 

 fuscous below, internally white, spongy ; gills rather crowded, 

 somewhat attenuated behind, nearly free, equal, rarely 

 furcate, white. 



On the ground, under trees, Epping Forest, 



47. R. seruginea, Fr. ; pileus convex, then flattened, 

 disc darker, depressed, even, rather dry, verdigris-greeu, 

 margin striate ; stem firm, even, smooth, white ; gills at- 

 tenuated behind, slightly adnexed, rather distant, white. 



In woods. Taste mild. 



