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or purple: G. almost free, very narrow, and very crowded 
(many shorter ones), forked, white. S. iJr-2% in., equal, 
solid, white. Common in woods, etc. Easily known by 
the even polished pileus and the closely-crowded white 
gills. 
R. furcata ( furcatus , forked—from the forked gills). 
P. 3-5 in., smooth, even, dark lurid green, umber-greenish 
or olive-tan; pellicle separable. G. adnato-decurrent, rather 
thick, more or less distant (sometimes crowded), broad, 
attenuated at both ends, forked, white. S. 2-2f in., stout, 
equal, white. Common in woods, and under trees in 
meadows, from May to Oct. The even pileus, with silky 
bloom and separable skin, and the frequently forked, 
thickish, and slightly decurrent gills are the chief points of 
distinction. 
(d) pileus various shades of red, purple, or brownish- 
orange ; SOMETIMES WITH A GREENISH TINGE 
R. cyanoxantha (Gr. kuanos , blue; xanthos , yellow—from 
the colours of the pileus). Plate XLIV. 13. 
P. 2-3! in., viscid; colour very variable—shades of purple, 
red, and green—disc usually becoming pale or yellowish. 
G. rounded behind, almost free, broad, somewhat crowded, 
shining white. S. 2-2J in., stout, equal, smooth, shining 
white, hollow when old. Common in moist spots in mixed 
woods. R. lietevophylla and R. furcata sometimes resemble 
this species in colour. The former differs in the narrow, 
closely-crowded gills, the latter in the adnato-decurrent, 
thickish gills, and in becoming slightly acrid in the 
mouth. 
R. vesca (vescus, eatable—from its edible qualities) differs 
from R. cyanoxantha in the constant flesh-red pileus and 
reticulately-wrinkled stem. 
