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at both ends, frequently forked, shining white. Spores globose, echinu- 
late, G-7q. C. B. P. Name, furca, a fork. With forked gills. (Fr. 
Monogr. ii. p. 187; Berk. Out. p. 210; C. Ilbk. n. 016; S. Mycol. Scot, 
n. 580; Ag. Pers. Krombh. t. 02. f. I, 2, t, 09. f. 18-22; Bull. t. 20; 
Scliaetf. t. 94; f. I. Bari a t. 16, f. 1-9; Harz. t. 54, t. 03, f. 5; Paul. t. 
74. f. 1; Buxb. C. v. t. 47, f. 2.”)—Stevenson. 
Taste, bitterish saline. This species lias been considered poisonous, 
but later researches indicate that it is probably harmless. North Car¬ 
olina and Pennsylvania common in grassy woods,' Sellweinitz; North 
Carolina, Curtis; Massachusetts, Frost; Minnesota, common in woods, 
September, Johnson; Wisconsin, Bundy; New Jersey, Ellis; Ohio, 
common, Morgan. 
8 . “R. sanguine A, (Bull.) Fr. Hym. Fur., p. 442; Stev., B. F., p. 110; 
Cooke, Ill., 1019; Sacc. Syll., p. 457. Pileus 2-3 inches (5-7.5 centi¬ 
meters) broad, blood-red or becoming pale round the even , spreading, 
acute margin, fleshy, firm, at first convex obtuse, then depressed and in- 
fundibuliform and commonly globose in the center, polished, even, 
moist in damp weather; flesh firm, cheesy, white. Stem stout, spongy- 
stuffed, at first contracted at the apex, then equal slightly striate, 
white or reddish. Gills at first adnate, then truly decurrent, very 
crowded, very narrow, connected by veins, fragile, somewhat forked, 
shining white. Taste, acrid , peppery. Often confounded with R. rubra , 
which is of the same color, but entirely different from it in the firm, 
solid flesh, in the gills being adnate, then deeply decurrent, and acumi¬ 
nate in front. In woods, chiefly fir. Uncommon. August, September. 
Poisonous. Name, sanguis , blood. Blood-colored.” (Fr. Monogr., ii, p. 
188; Berk. Out., p. 210; C. Hbk. n. 017; S. Mycol. Scot. n. 587; Ag. 
Bull., t. 42.) 
Minnesota, in woods, July, Johnson ; Wisconsin, Bundy; California, 
Harkness & Moore; Nova Scotia, in pine woods, September, Somers. 
9. “It. rosacea, Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 442; Stev., B. F., p. 117 ; Cooke, 
Ill., 1020; Sacc. Syll., p. 457. Pdeus 2-4 inches (5-10 centimeters) 
broad, somewhat flesh-colored, varying in intensity, becoming whitish 
when the pellicle disappears, often variegated with darker spots when dry , 
compactly fleshy, at first convex, then expanded, obtuse, commonly un¬ 
equal, repand, evenly incised, covered with a pellicle which is viscid and 
separable in wet weather, margin acute , even; flesh firm, cheesy, white. 
Stem about 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, solid, firm, at length spongy 
internally, even, smooth, occasionally ventricose, white or reddish. 
Gills in every stage of growth adnate, thin, crowded, fragile, forked be¬ 
hind, with dimidiate ones intermixed, always persistently white. Spores 
papillose, 7q (W. G. S.). Name, rosa , a rose; rose-colored. (Fr. 
Monogr. ii, p. 188; Berk. Out., p. 210; C. Hbk., n. 018; S. Mycol. Scot., 
n. 588; Ag. Bull., t. 509, f. z.”)—Stevenson. 
Taste slowly acrid. Allied to R. sanguinea , but irregular, often ec- 
centric, with the pileus somewhat repand, scarcely depressed , and the 
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