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15. “ R. rubra, Fr., Hym. Ear., 414, Stev., B. F., p. 120; Cke., iii, 
1025; Sacc. Sv 11., Vol. V, p. 402. Pileus unicoloros, cinnabar-vermilion 
but becoming pale (tan) when old, disk commonly darker, compact, bard 
but fragile, convex then flattened, here and there depressed, absolutely 
dry ,without apellicle but becoming polished-even, often rivuloso-rimose when 
old, margin spreading obtuse, even, always persistent; flesh white, reddish 
under the cuticle. Stem 2-3 inches (5-7.5 centimeters) long; about 1 
inch (2.5 centimeters) thick; solid, even, varying white and red. Gills 
ootusely adnate, somewhat crowded, whitish then yellowish, with dim¬ 
idiate and forked ones intermixed. Very acrid , very hard and rigid, 
most distinct from all the others of this group in the pileus becoming 
polished-even, although without a pellicle, in the flesh being somewhat 
g ruinous and in the very acrid taste. Gills often red at the edge. In 
mixed woods. Frequent. August to November. Poisonous. Spores 
whitish. Fr.; spbseroid, 8-10yu. K. Name— ruber , red. (Fr., Monogr., 
ii, p. 191; Sv. atl. Sv.', t. 49; Berk. Out., p. 212; G. Hbk., n. 624; S. 
Mycol. Scot., n. 594; Ag. Decand—Barla, t. 15, f. 1-10; Krombh., t. 
65; Vitt. Mang., t. 38, f. 2, not Bull; Schaeff., 1.15, f. 4-6.”—Stevenson. 
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Schweinitz; North Carolina, Curtis; 
New York, July, Peck; Massachusetts, Frost; Minnesota in woods, 
July and August, Johnson; Wisconsin, Bundy; California, Jlarkness 
& Moore; Maryland, Miss Banning. 
16. “E. flavida, Peck, 32d Rep. N. Y. State Mus. Nat. Hist., 1879, 
p. 32. Pileus fleshy convex, slightly depressed, unpolished, bright 
yellow; lamellae white, adnate, turning cinereous; stem yellow, solid, 
white at the extreme apex.”—Frost, M. S. 
“Pileus 1-2 inches (2.5-5 centimeters) broad, fleshy, convex, then 
plane or slightly depressed, yellow, becoming paler with age; flesh 
white, the margin at first even, then tuberculate-striate; gills nearly 
simple, subdistant and broader before, adnate, white, the interspaces 
venose; stem 1-2 inches (2.5-5 centimeters) long, -J-J inch (8-12 milli¬ 
meters) thick, short, equal or tapering upward, firm, glabrous, solid or 
merely spongy within, yellow; spores globose, 6-7.5/* in diameter. 
“Taste mild. Gregarious. Grassy places in copses and open woods. 
Sandlake. July and August. The pileus is dry, and sometimes slightly 
mealy or granular. When young it is bright yellow; but it fades with 
age, and sometimes becomes white on the margin.”—Peck. 
This is one of the species found by Mr. Frost, but never published by 
him. Massachusetts, Frost; New York, Peck. Thirty-second Report 
and Bulletin, 1887. 
17. “ R. cinnamomea, Miss M. E. Banning, Bot. Gaz., Jan., 1881. 
Pileus 4-6 inches (10-15 centimeters) broad, dry, fleshy, centrally de¬ 
pressed, cinnamon color, riinoso squamose, the cuticle generally break¬ 
ing up into flocci or granules; flesh dry, spongy, tinged with ocher. 
Gills concoloros, narrow, forked, close, sinuate near the margin. Stem 
2-3 inches (5-7.5 centimeters) or more long, 1 inch. (2.5 centimeters) 
