var. _cuprea_, Cke. P. copper colour. =aurata=, Fr. P. rigid, 4-7 cm. plane, yellow, orange or reddish, disc darker, margin striate, flesh yellow under the viscid cuticle; g. broad, edge lemon yellow; s. 4-7 cm. white or yellow; sp. 8-10. =decolorans=, Fr. P. 6-9 cm. globose then exp., regular, viscid, orange red then yellowish, margin becoming striate; flesh turning grey; g. yellowish; s. 6-9 cm. white then grey, especially inside; sp. 7-9. Differs from _R. depallens_ in the long s., and the yellow gills. =punctata=, Gillet. P. 3-5 cm. convex then plane, viscid, rosy, punctate with brown warts, striate; g. yellowish, edge often reddish; s. 2-3 cm. coloured like p. base whitish; sp. 8-9. var. _leucopus_, Cke. Stem white. =olivacea=, Fr. P. 6-9 cm. convex then plane or depr., margin even, minutely silky squamulose, purple with olive tinge, or brownish olive; g. broad, yellow; s. 5-8 cm. pale rose; sp. 9-10. Differs from _R. rubra_ in deeper yellow colour of g. and unpolished p. and mild taste. =Linnaei=, Fr. P. 6-9 cm. plane then depr., polished, edge even, blood red or dark rose; g. adnato-decur. yellowish; s. 3-6 cm. blood red; sp. ----. =chamaeleontina=, Fr. P. 2-4 cm. plane or subdepr., slightly viscid, edge becoming slightly striate, rose red, purplish lilac, &c., then yellowish; g. closely crowded, plane, yellow; s. 3-6 cm. white; sp. 7-8. =puellaris=, Fr. P. 2-3 cm. almost membranaceous, conico-convex then exp., tuberculose striate to the middle, purplish livid then yellowish, disc brown; g. pale yellow, naked; s. 2-3 cm. yellowish white, soon hollow; sp. 10 x 8-9. P. not shining as in _R. nitida_. var. _intensior_, Cke. P. deep purple, blackish at disc. var. _roseipes_, Secr. S. sprinkled with rosy meal. [=bona=, Schwalb. P. often irreg., lilac, centre pallid or obscure, velvety; g. adnexed, pale yellow then pale egg-yellow; s. unequal, often curved, white, hollow; taste mild; 8-10. [=grisea=, Fr. P. exp. depr., polished, grey or olive, disc purplish, edge even, flesh under cuticle violet; g. adnate, white then yellow s. even, polished, white. *** _Gills white or creamy white._ + _Pileus white or cream colour_ (often becoming blackish when old). =virginea=, Cke. and Mass. Persistently pure white. P. 4-5 cm. soon exp., viscid, polished when dry; g. subdecur., narrow, repeatedly forked, veined; s. 4-5 cm. solid, rugulose; sp. 4-5. =semicrema=, Fr. P. 6-9 cm. persistently white, edge involute, even, glabrous; g. decur. crowded, white; s. 3-5 cm. white, becoming blackish; sp. 8-9. Differs from _R. adusta_ and _R. densifolia_ in persistently white p.--flesh also--and g., and from _R. delica_ in flesh of stem becoming blackish. =lactea=, Fr. Entirely white or pallid. P. 4-5 cm. obtuse, even, unpolished then minutely cracked; g. free, thick, distant; s. 2-4 cm. solid, stout; sp. 7-9. var. _incarnata_, Q. P. white tinged rose, then pale tan.