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plane, depressed in middle, covered with a thin, adnate, 

 somewhat viscid pellicle, margin even, scarcely membrana- 

 ceous ; flesh soft, white ; stem soft, spongy, hollow, fragile, 

 even, equal, white ; gills adnate, crowded, narrow, broader 

 in front, with short ones intermixed, white, then straw 

 colour. 



In woods. Chatteris. Taste acrid. 



52. R. Integra, Fr. (p. 213) ; 3-4 in. Epping Forest. 

 Va7\ alba, Cke.; whole plant creamy- white. 



On the ground. 



53. R. decolorans, Fr. (p. 213} ; 3 in. 

 5 i. R. aurata, Fr. (p. 213) ; 2-3 in. 



55. R. BarlsB, Quel. ; pileus 2^-3^ in., compact, viscid, 

 dry, convex, even, then flattened and depressed, peach 

 coloured, yellow, tinged with orange-red, sometimes cracked ; 

 flesh firm, turning reddish-brown when cut, white ; stem 

 fleshy, spongy, firm, silky pruinose, white ; gills white, 

 then pallid-ochraceous. 



Among grass, under trees. Odour sweet, like melilot, 

 or, according to Dr. Cooke, like crab. Taste sweet. 



56. R. nitida, Fr. (p. 214) ; 2 in. 



Var. cuprea, Kromb. ; pileus convex, then plane, obtusely 

 umbonate, then expanded, depressed in centre, copper 

 colour or brick-red, turning yellowish, centre darker, smooth, 

 rather shining, somewhat viscid, margin acute, a little in- 

 flexed, sulcate ; gills broad, rather thick, equal, bright 

 yellow or orange, arcuate ; stem slender, curved, attenuated 

 downwards, naked, white, then reddish, delicately striate, 

 stuffed, silky shining. 



In woods. 



Var. pulchralis, Britz. ; pileus 2 in., viscid, thin, convex, 

 then flattened and depressed, circumference ochraceous. 



