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or depressed, polislicd, adiiato-pclliculosc, turning pale; mar- 

 gin patent, even; stem spongy, stuffed, firm, rcticulato-rugu- 

 lose, white, tlien cinereous ; gills rounded behind, connected, 

 broad, nearly equal, white, becoming pallid. — Kromb. t. 64. 

 /. 7-9. 



In fir-woods. Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. Pileus bright 

 pale ochre. 



16. R. fcetens, Fr. ; acrid, fetid; pileus bullate, then ex- 

 panded or depressed, rigid, viscid from the adnatc pellicle ; 

 disc fleshy ; margin widely membranaceous, tuberculoso-sul- 

 cate; stem stout, stuffed, then hollow, dirty-white, as well as 

 very unequal and forked, venoso-anastomosing, and at first 

 guttate gills. — Soiv. t. 415. 



In woods. Extremely common. Known at once by its 

 disagreeable smell. Much eaten by slugs. 



17. R. fragilis, Fr. ; very acrid; pileus fleshy, thin, plane, 

 depressed, unequal, polished, viscid from the thin bleaching 

 pellicle; margin tuberculoso-striate ; stem stuffed, then hol- 

 low, shining; gills fixed, thin, crowded, ventrieose, white. — 

 Kromb. t. 64./. 12-18. 



In woods. The most common species. Generally red, but 

 assuming a variety of other hues. 



18. R. Integra, Fr. ; mild ; pileus fleshy, expanded or de- 

 pressed, viscoso-pelliculose, changing colour; margin thin, at 

 length sulcate and tuberculate ; flesh white ; stem stuffed, 

 spongy, even, ventrieose, white; gills almost free, very broad, 

 equal, distant, white, then pallid, dusted with yellow. — Vitt. 

 t. 21. 



In woods. Bristol, C. F. Broome. 



19. R. auxata, Fr.; at length acrid; pileus fleshy, rigid, 

 convexo-plane, shining ; margin at length striate ; flesh under 

 the viscid pellicle lemon-coloured ; stem compact, spongy. 



