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casionally forked, rather crowded to subdistant, adnate or slightly 
rounded behind; spores globose to subglobose, nearly smooth, 
hyaline, 7/u, in diameter; stipe white but becoming stained with 
reddish-brown in handling or where wounded, and sometimes 
changing color like the pileus, equal or nearly so, solid, 3. 5-6.5 
cm. long, 1. 2-2. 5 cm. thick. 
Found in pine groves or mixed woods in New England, New 
York, and New Jersey. Peck says it is edible. The flesh is firm 
as in R. deltca, R. nigricans, and other members of the Com- 
pactae. 
New York Botanic.\l Garden. 
