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j Pikisw-Mte or cream-colour at first; becoming blackish 

 or brownish-black with age. 



jf Pile -.3 dear yello"w. 



fft Pileus green or olive. 



fttt Pileus red of Tarious shades, purple, brownish- 

 oratjgj ; s^oietimes with more or less green intermixed. 



Sed. !I. Taste Acrid. Always so from tte first, 



* Gills yellow or o:lrraceoTis. 



j Pilens yellowish or ochracej'is. 



ft Pileus red or purplish. 



** GLlls white or creamy- white; never with a distinct 

 yellow or ochraceons tinge. 



f Pilous ochraceons or umber. 



■f\ Pileus red or purplish. 



Sect. I. TASTE MILD. 

 * Gills ochToceou-s. 



Rnssula alutacea. Pr. 



M: Id. Pileus 2— t in. across, flesh rather thin, sno-sv-^hite ; 

 tampmulate then convex, at length expanded and somewhat 

 mnbilicate, even, with a distinct viscid pellicle, usually 

 deep b'.oji-red, sjaierimes blacMsh-purple, but becoming 

 pale, especially at the disc; gills at first free, thick, very 

 broaiL connected by veins, all equal, rather distant, at first 

 pile yellow, then deep ochraceons, not pulverulent ; stem 

 S'jlil, St jut, equal, 2 in. long, even, white, often variegated. 

 with red ; sometimes purple ; spores, 7—9 fi ; taste mild. 



Suisula alutacea. Fries, Epicr., p. 362 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 336 ; C'ke., Illustr., pL 1096 and 1097. 



In woods, especially beech. 



