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gills less crowded, broader, less divided, scarcely connected. In mixed 
woods. Frequent. September, October. 
Minnesota, July, Johnson ; Rhode Island, Bennett. 
10. “ R. sakdonia, Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 442 5 Stev., B. F., p. 117; Sacc. 
Syll., p. 458. Pileus 2-3 inches (5-7.5 centimeters) broad, reddish, etc., 
lleshy, compact, convex, then plane, rarely depressed, but here and 
there repand, with an adna4e pellicle, which is viscid in wet weather, 
and soon changes color, and then often spotted, margin even. Stem 1^-2 
inches (4-5 centimeters) long, almost 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) thick, 
solid, firm, but at length spongy within, even, white, or reddish. Gills 
adnate, crowded , broad, somewhat forked, white , exuding watery drops 
in wet weather, whence arise yelloivish spots when dry. Robust, firm. 
The color is very changeable, sometimes reddish, sometimes pallid with 
yellow spots, sometimes dingy yellow, opaque. Flesh same as in E. 
rosacea , etc. Intermediate between R. rosacea and R. expallens , but 
distinct from both in color, becoming yellow. 
“ In woods, chiefly fir. Uncommon. September. 
“ Name—from its acrid taste— Rerba sardonia (probably Ranunculus 
sceleratus ), screwing the mouth with its bitterness. (Fr. Monogr. i. ip. 
189; Berk. Out. p. 211; C. Hbk. n. 619; S. Mycol. Scot., n. 589; Ag. 
Krombh. t. 68 , f. 1-4; SckaeIf. t. 16, f. 5, 6 .”) Stevenson. 
Spores, 8-10 by 8 /<. Sacc. Syll. Minnesota, July, Johnson; Wis¬ 
consin, Bundy. 
11 . u R. depallens, (Pers.) Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 442; Stev., B. F., p. 117; 
Cooke, Ill., 1021 ; Sacc. Syll., p. 458. Pileus pallid reddish or inclining 
to fuscous, etc., fleshy, firm, convex, then plane, more rarely depressed, 
but commonly irregularly shaped and undulated , even, the thin adnate 
pellicle presently changing color, especially at the disk, the spreading 
margin even, but slightly striate when old; flesh white. Stem about 
1£ inches (4 centimeters) long, solid, firm, commonly attenuated down¬ 
wards, white , becoming cinereous when old. Gills adnexed, broad, crowded, 
distinct, but commonly forked at the base, often with shorter ones inter¬ 
mixed. Inodorous, taste mild. The color of the pileus is at first pallid 
reddish, or inclining to fuscous, then whitish or yellowish, opaque in 
every stage of growth. It approaches nearest to the Heterophyllce. 
In beech woods, pastures, etc. Uncommon. August-September. 
Name— de , and pallco, to be pale. Becoming pale. (Fr. Monogr. ii. 
p. 189; Berk. Out. p. 211 ; C. Hbk. u. 620; S. Mycol. Scot. n. 590; 
Krombh. t. 66 , f. 12, 13.”) Stevenson. 
Edible. North Carolina and Pennsylvania, in pine woods, Schweinitz; 
North Carolina, in pine woods, Curtis; Minnesota, in thin woods, July 
Johnson ; Wisconsin, Bundy ; Nova Scotia, under spruce, Somers. 
(To be continued.) 
