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HYMENOMYCETES 
Section I.—TASTE MILD 
I. GILLS OCHREOUS 
R. alutacea ( alutd , tanned leather—from the colour of the 
gills). 
P. 2-5 in., expanded and somewhat umbilicate at maturity, 
even, with a distinct viscid pellicle, deep blood-red, some¬ 
times blackish-purple, usually paler at the disc. F. thin, 
snow-white. G. free thick, broad distant, all equal, con¬ 
nected by veins, yellow at first, then deep ochreous, never 
looking as if powdered. S. 2 in., stout, solid, equal, white, 
often variegated with red (sometimes purple). A large 
showy species, common in beech and mixed woods in 
ant. 
R. integra (integer, entire—often of perfect form) is 
closely allied to the above, and is equally common. Differs 
in the pale-yellow gills, becoming dusted with the pale 
ochreous spores at maturity. 
2. GILLS YELLOW WITHOUT AN OCHREOUS TINGE 
R. puellaris (pnellaris, girlish — from its small size and 
grace). 
P. i-if in., almost membranaceous, except at the disc; 
tuberculosely striate at the margin, scarcely viscid; colour 
variable and peculiar—shades of purple, rose, and orange; 
disc always darker, brownish, sometimes nearly black, not 
shining. G. adnate or adnexed, thin, crowded, white, pale- 
yellow at maturity, not powdered with the pale-yellow 
spores. 5 . 1-2 in., equal, white becoming yellowish, soon 
hollow. A denizen of birch and pine woods, occurring in 
troops. Some of the colour forms have received varietal 
names, but all occur together and are difficult to separate. 
