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“ Stem variable in form, slightly reticulated with raised lines. Spores 
scarcely echinulate, almost globular, 6/o”—W. G. S. “-Name— Vireo , to 
be green. (Fr. Mongr., ii, p. 190; Berk. Out., p. 212, t. 13, f. 0; C. 
Hbk., n. G32; S. Mycol. Scot., n. 592; Hussey, ii, t. 11; Ag. Schseff., 
t. 94, excluding f. 1; Yittad., t. 31; Stunn Deutschl, FI., iii, 3, t. 31; 
Barla, t. 16, f. 10-12; Yentur., t. 17, f. 1, 2; Krombk., t. 67, f. 1-10.)”— 
Stevenson. 
“Of various livid lines—yellow, purple, and green.”—M. J. B. 
“Specimens sometimes occur in which the margin is wholly or partly 
striate. The warts are sometimes pale brown.”—Peck. 
Of this Fries says “ antiquitus edulis.” It is about the best edible 
mushroom we have, tender and of a tine nutty flavor. Its greenish cap, 
breaking up into areas , distinguishing it from all others except No. 28, 
R. crustosa (also mild), which has the same habit and is sometimes 
greenish. R.furcata, also with a greenish cap, but remaining smooth , 
is easily separated by its bitter taste. 
North Carolina and Pennsylvania, common, Schweinitz; North Car¬ 
olina, Curtis; Massachusetts, Sprague, Farlow, Frost, Palmer; Minne¬ 
sota, in woods, July, September, Johnson; New York, grassy grounds, 
June and July, Peck, twenty-fourth and thirty-third reports; Wiscon¬ 
sin, Bundy; Ohio and Kentucky, Morgan; Maryland, sometimes as 
large as a breakfast plate; Mississippi, Banning; New Jersey, Ellis. 
14. “R. leplda, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 444; Stev., B. F., p. 119; Sacc. 
Syll., Yol. V, p. 461. Pileus 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) broad, blood-red 
rose , becoming pale, whitish especially at the disk, somewhat equally 
fleshy, convex then expanded, scarcely depressed, obtuse, opaque, un¬ 
polished, ivith a silky appearance at length , often rimoso-squamulose , mar¬ 
gin spreading obtuse, without strirn. Stem as much as 3 inches (7.5 
centimeters) long, liuch (2.5 centimeters) thick, even , white or rose color. 
Gills rounded behind, rather thick, somewhat crowded, often forked, 
connected by veins, white, often red at the edge. Edible. Taste mild; 
wholly compact and Arm, but the flesh is cheesy, not somewhat grnmous. 
The gills are often red at the edge, chiefly towards the margin, on ac¬ 
count of the margin of the pileus being continuous with the gills. In 
mixed woods. Frequent. September to October. 
“ Name— lepidus , neat, elegant. (Fr. Monogr., ii, p. 191; Sv. atl. Sv., 
t. 59; Berk. Out., p. 212; C. Hbk., n. 623; S. Mycol. Scot., n.593; 
Hussey, ii, t. 32; Hogg & Johnst., t. 4; Ag. Krombh., t. 64, f. 19, 20; 
Batsch, t. 13, very small.)”—Stevenson. 
Spores 8-10 by 6-8//. Sacc. Syll. One of the best edible species. 
R. cmetica and R. rubra (both poisonous) resemble this, but differ in 
having the pileus polished. North Carolina, in pine woods, Curtis; 
Massachusetts, Frost, Palmer; Minnesota, July, August, Johnson; 
Califonia, Harkness & Moore; Ohio, in beech woods, Morgan; New 
York, generally with the pileus red, but quite variable in this respect, 
woods, August. Peck, forty-first Rep. 
