214 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



slightly striate, white or yellowish ; gills rounded, free, broad, 

 equal, shining, with the edge bright yellow. — Kromb. t. 66. 

 /. 8-11. 



In woods. Bristol, C. E. Broome. One of the handsomest 

 of the genus. Pilcus bright-orange, etc. 



20. R. decolorans, Fr. ; mild ; pilcus fleshy, firm, spheri- 

 cal, then expanded or depressed, polished, thin, pelliculose, 

 turning pale; margin thin, even, fleshy and spongy; stem 

 solid, elongated, rugoso-striate, cylindrical, white, changing to 

 cinereous ; gills furcato-adncxed, thin, crowded, white, then 

 yellowish. 



In woods. Northamptonshire. September 16, 1837. Pi- 

 lcus scarlet above, 5 inches across; stem 4i inches high, 1^ 

 thick. 



21. R. nitida, Fr.; nauseous, rather fetid ; pilcus slightly 

 fleshy, at length rigid, convexo-plane, then depressed, shining; 

 margin thin, from the first striate and tuberculate ; flesh white; 

 stem stufied, soft, white, becoming pallid ; gills adnexed and 

 seceding, thin, crowded, shining, white, then yellow. (Plate 

 13, fig. 7.)— Kromb. t. 66. /. 1-3. 



In woods. King's Cliffc. Small. Pilcus variable in colour. 



22. R. alutacea, Fr. ; mild ; pilcus fleshy, obtuse, ex- 

 panded or depressed, viscoso-pelliculose, changing colour ; 

 margin thin, at length striate, tuberculated ; flesh white ; 

 stem stout, spongy, solid, white or red, even ; gills at first 

 free, thick, equal, rather distant, tan-coloured from the first. 

 (Plate 13, fig. 8.) 



In woods. Very common. Esculent. Easily known by 

 its large size, mild taste, and gills, which are yellow in every 

 stage of growth. 



23. R. lutea, Fr. ; mild ; pilcus rather firm, plano-de- 

 prcssed, pclliculoso-viscid, turning pale ; flesh white ; margin 



