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Mild, pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then plane and depressed, 
dry, opaque, even, and minutely cracked; margin straight, even; 
flesh compact , white, turning yellowish ; stem stout, firm, clavate, 
even, white, or reddish, at length spongy and soft ; gills adnexed, 
rather crowded, furcate behind, white, then tan coloured. 
In fir woods. 
As R. Linncei approaches R. emetica so this approaches R. 
integra, but differs in its firm substance, the cuticle of the pileus 
not being distinct, whereupon the pileus is always dry, and com- 
monly rimosely punctate. The pileus is purple rose, the disc 
becoming pale, yellowish white. Spores dingy tan colour. Stem 
redder when moist. — Hym. Eur. 445. 
Taste mild. Stem stout, firm, at length spongy within, soft, 
hollow, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. thick, usually thickened at the base, 
even, white, or reddish. Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then 
flattened, at length depressed, 3 in. and more diam., without a dis- 
tinct pellicle , always dry, opaque, even, but when old commonly 
very finely cracked, and the cuticle under a lens is seen to be very 
delicately granulate or punctate ; margin patent, without striae. 
Colour of the pileus variable, commonly purple-rose, with the disc 
growing pale, and becoming yellowish white, sometimes vergingon 
olive. Flesh compact, white , turning yellowish. Gills adnexed, 
rather crowded, broadest in front, furcate behind, whitish, then 
becoming yellowish. Spores dingy tan colour. — Fr. Mon. 192. 
Spores 8-9 x 6-7 p (Britz.), 8-9 x 6-7 p (Sacc.), 9 x 8 or 
9-10 x 7-8 p (M. C. C.). 
Pileus dull rose, mealy, the centre yellowish white, of a large 
size, the margin frequently of a bright rose, which is determined 
by the white of the centre, the rose tint of the margin is distributed 
in irregular spots. Diam. 3^ in. Flesh white, 4 lines thick. 
Gills becoming yellow at the base, which produces a changing 
appearance from white to yellow, 4 lines wide, slender at the edge, 
veined at the base, touching by a point, and tending to detach 
themselves from the stem. Stem very white, dull, mealy, some- 
times in drying having a faint rosy tint, mealy especially at the 
apex, 2 in. long, 8 lines thick, swollen conically next the pileus, and 
curved. Solid and firm, the odour penetrating and agreeable. — 
Ag. tinctorius , var. B., Seer. No. 487. 
The above description corresponds to the ordinary form which we 
have seen in this country, but the stem is very seldom at all tinged 
with rose, and when the mealiness disappears is often faintly striate. 
The disc sometimes remains darker than the rest of the pileus, not 
becoming decoloured or yellowish, but is always, more or less, 
speedily granular under a lens, from the breaking up of the cuticle. 
