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48. R. citrina, Gill. ; pileus 4-5 in., fleshy, convex, a 

 little depressed in middle, rather viscid when moist, smooth, 

 a little wrinkled at margin when old, bright citron-yellow 

 or slightly greenish, sometimes a little lighter at margin, 

 centre at length pale ochraceous, epidermis easily raised at 

 margin ; gills white, slightly decurrent, bifurcate at base 

 and occasionally in middle, broader at marginal extremity, 

 graduated towards base ; stem solid, white, striate, equal, 

 or slightly attenuated at base, straight or slightly flexuose ; 

 flesh white, rather firm. 



In mixed woods. Taste sweet to slightly acrid. Odour 

 none. Epping Forest. 



49. R. fragilis, P. (p. 213). Epping Forest. 

 Var. nivea, P. ; whole plant Avhite. 



Var. violacea. Quel. ; pileus 1^22 in., depressed, thin, 

 viscid, striate, bright violet, with a narrow white margin, 

 sometimes spotted with yellow, green or olive; flesh soft, 

 white ; stem spongy, then hollow, fragile, slender, striate, 

 pruinose, white ; gills adnate, crowded, thin, white. 



In shady woods. Epping Forest. 



50. R. punctata, Gill. ; pileus 22-3 in., margin striate, 

 attenuated, convex, then flattened, viscid, rosy, darker in 

 centre, punctate with dark rufous point-like tubercles, be- 

 coming pale when old; flesh white, reddish under cuticle; stem 

 stuffed, colour of pileus, attenuated at base and whitish ; gills 

 adherent, convex, white, then yellowish, edge often reddish. 



In woods. Taste mild. 



** (tiUs ami spores ichite, then bright yelloioish, or bright 

 lemon-yellow. 



51. R. veternosa, Fr. ; pileus 2 in., rose or flesh colour, 

 soon pale, whitish or yellowish at disc, slightly fleshy, then 



