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St. equal, even, white. G. thin, attenuate behind and reachino-
the stem, crowded, white.
Edible. Taste mild, sweet, nutty, odour o f hog’s lard, but like lobster or
crab when cooked. Woods, etc. ; common. July -O ct. 4 X 2 i x i in.
Var. galochroa F r. P. white to whitish-apple-green.
1340. R. consobpina Fr. (related to 1341; consobrinus, a cousin) a b.
P. campanulate to depressed, viscid, dark cinereous to fuscous!
ohvaceous, tan-umber, tan-sepia, sooty-sepia or yellowish-
umber ; mid. darker; marg. even. St. even, smooth, shining-
white, then cinereous. G. adnate, crowded, shining-white.
Flesh white, ashy under pellicle.
Taste o f flesh acrid, gills intensely acrid ; not fetid as in 1341. Mixed
woods, pine, beech. July -O ct. 36 X i f X | in. Var. sororia F r .,
margin striate. Var. ifiterinedia Cooke, P. becoming striate. S t
usually attenuate downwards. G. dull white.
1341. R. foetens Fr. (from the fetid odour) abc .
P. búllate to expanded, sometimes depressed, viscid in wet
weather, sienna- or brown-yellow; marg. striato-ribbed, at
length tuberculate. St. becoming hollow, whitish or yellowish.
G. adnexed, crowded, exuding watery drops, whitish.
Said to be poisonous. Taste acrid, rarely mild ; odour fetid-burnt
empyreumatic, very strong in mature examples in wet weather, sometimes
slight. W o od s ; very common. July -O ct. 4Í X 3Í X l4 in. 1390
grows on this species.
1342. R. subfoetens W. G. Sm. (from the somewhat fetid odour) a b.
P. convex to plane and subdepressed, somewhat viscid, siennayellowish
or buff, paler at the striato-tuberculate marg
57. equal, even, whitish or faintly buff. G. thick, branched,
distant, yellowish-white.
Taste slightly acrid and b itte r ; odour somewhat disagreeable. Grassy
places. A u g .-S ep t. 3J X 2 X f in. Whole plant tough, elastic.
1343. R. fe lle a Fr. (from the bitter-acrid taste; felleus, full of gall) abc.
P. hemispherical to convex, smooth, lustrous, straw-colour to
ochre or buff; mid. brownish. St. equal, even, white to straw
or pale yellowish, or shaded pale buff. G. adnate, more or
less crowded, thin, exuding drops in wet weather, pale yellowish
or faint buff.
Poisonous. Taste intensely bitter and acrid ; odour none. Woods, beech
open places ; common. A u g .-N o v . 4J x 2 j x i in. ’
1344. R. e le g an s Bres. {elegans, pretty) a b.
P. hemispherical to depressed, glutinous and densely granulate,
bright rosy flesh-colour, soon ochreous at marg. or pale
crimson; mid. purple-crimson or rose-buff, spotted crimson or
purplish-crimson; marg. tuberculose. 57. equal, becoming
hollow, subrugulose, white, ochre-buff below. G. adnexed or
rounded-adnate, crowded, rarely furcate, whitish, ochre above,
becoming orange-ochre with age. Flesh very firm, white,
ochre-buff with age.
Woods, moist. Sept. 3® X 2 X | in.
1345. R. Queletii Fr. ex Quél, (after Dr. Lucien Quelet) abc.
P. convex to infundibuliform, even, viscid, intense blackish-
crimson or purple-crimson, sometimes paler at marg. or wholly
intense purple, blue-purple or slate. St. equal or attenuate
downwards, mealy, dark or pale-purple to faint rose, sometimes
paler above. G. adnexed, exuding drops, white to biscuit, at
length bluish-ashy or cinereous spotted. Flesh white, colour
as P. under pellicle.
Taste acrid. Woods, fir ; common. A u g .-N o v . 2 | X 2 j X J in.
1346. R. expallens Gill, (from its losing colour ; expallens, becoming
pale) a b.
P. convex to depressed, viscid, deep bright crimson-purple or
deep claret-purple ; mid. darker, sometimes almost black,
losing colour and becoming livid-cream, with mid. dull pale
purplish. 57. equal, mealy, rose-purple, paler or somewhat
buff at base. G. adnexed, pallid yellowish or somewhat
lemon. Flesh purple, pale yellowish or white.
Taste intensely acrid. Under trees. Sep t.-O ct. 3 Ì X 3J X i in.
e. Fragiles.
1347. R. emetica Fr. (from its acting as an emetic) a b.
P. convex to plane or slightly depressed, lustrous, blood-red to
rose, sometimes bleaching to almost white or purplish, tawny
when old. 57. equal, even, longitudinally rugulose, white or
reddish. G. adnexo-free, somewhat distant. Flesh white,
rose-colour under the separable pellicle.
Poisonous. Taste very acrid. Woods and open damp places ; common.
July -Dee. X 3^ X § in. Var. Chisii Fr. Flesh white, turning
yellowish. Ydsc. fa lla x F r. is a form o f 1 354 .
1347a. R. luteotaeta Rea (from the change of colour to light
yellow when bruised; luteus, yellow, tactus, a touch) b.
P. hemispherical, then plane and subumbonate, ruguloso-rivulose,
carmine-scarlet, becoming whitish at the striate marg.
57. equal, or slightly attenuate downwards, rugulose, white,
shaded pale lilac, yellowish when bruised. G. furcate, adnate,
very light straw-colour, yellow when bruised. Flesh white,
colour as P. under pellicle, tinging yellowish when bruised or
slug-eaten.
Taste o f flesh acrid, o f gills very acrid. On the ground, woody places.
Aug. I® X i j X i in.
1348. R. fingibilis Britz. (from its seeming distinctness; fingibilis,
imaginary) a.
P. convex to depressed, viscid, yellow, with orange or brownish
mid.; marg. not striate. St. equal, white or faintly yellowish.
G. somewhat crowded, thin. Flesh white.
Taste mild ; odour none. Amongst grass under trees. July. 2 4 x i® x | in .
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