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Section II.—TASTE ACRID 
I. GILLS YELLOW OR OCHREOUS—(a) PILEUS YELLOW OR 
OCHREOUS 
R. fellea ( felleus , full of gall—from the very bitter and 
acrid taste). Plate VIII. 6. 
P. 1-4 in., polished, smooth, straw colour, ochre or buff, 
disc usually brownish. G. adnate, more or less crowdedj 
thin, narrow, sometimes exuding drops of water in damp 
weather, straw colour. S. about 2 in., white and stuffed at 
first, yellowish and hollow at maturity. A common inhabi¬ 
tant of beech-woods ; easily recognised by the intensely 
acrid taste and pale-straw colour of every part, including 
the flesh. It is often mistaken for R. ochvacea, which differs 
in the mild taste. 
(b) PILEUS RED OR PURPLE 
R. drimeia (Gr. drimus, pungent — from its taste). Plate 
VII. 5. 
P. 2-4 in., somewhat viscid when moist, bright deep 
purple or dark-rose colour. G. adnexed, narrowed behind; 
pale sulphur colour at first, pale yellow at maturity. S. 
2-3J in., stout, solid, beautifully tinged with purple. Gre¬ 
garious in fir woods, especially under larches, in aut. In¬ 
tensely acrid. Cooke remarks: “ So intensely peppery that, 
after tasting a small fragment, the tongue tingled for more 
than half an hour.” 
R. rubra (ruber, red—from the colour of the pileus) has an 
absolutely dry, even deep blood-red pileus, with mild flesh 
and broad, adnate gills, with very acrid taste. 
2. GILLS WHITE OR CREAMY-WHITE—(a) PILEUS OCHREOUS 
OR UMBER 
R. ochroleuca (Gr. ochros , pale yellow ; leukos, white— 
from the usual colour of the pileus). Plate XXXVI. 7. 
