=R. f[oe]´tens= Fr.—_f[oe]tens_, stinking. =Pileus= 4–5 in. and more broad, dingy yellow, often becoming pale, thinly fleshy, at first bullate, then expanded and depressed, covered with a pellicle which is adnate, not separable, and viscid in wet weather, margin broadly membranaceous, at the first bent inward _with ribs which are at length tubercular_. =Flesh= thin, _rigid_-fragile, pallid. =Stem= 2 in. and more long, ½-1 in. thick, stout, stuffed then hollow, whitish. =Gills= adnexed, crowded, connected by veins, with very many _dimidiate and forked_ ones intermixed, whitish, at the first _exuding watery drops_. _Fetid._ _Taste acrid._ Very _rigid_, most distinct from all others in _its very heavy empyreumatic_ odor. In very dry weather the odor is often obsolete. The margin is more broadly membranaceous and hence marked with _longer furrows_ than in any other species. It differs from all the preceding ones in the gills at the first exuding watery drops. The gills become obsoletely light yellow, and dingy when bruised. _Fries._ =Pileus= fleshy, with a wide thin margin, hemispherical or convex, then expanded or depressed, viscid when moist, widely striate-tuberculate on the margin, dull pale yellow or straw color. =Lamellæ= rather broad, close, venose-connected, some of them forked, whitish. =Stipe= nearly cylindrical, whitish, hollow. =Spores= white. =Plant= sometimes cespitose. =Height= 2–4 in.; breadth of pileus 2–3 in. =Stipe= 4–6 lines thick. Pine woods. West Albany. October. =Taste= mild at first, then slightly disagreeable. _Peck_, 23d Rep. N.Y. State Bot. =Spores= minute, echinulate, almost globular, 8µ _W.G.S._; 8–10µ _Massee_. In woods. Common. July to October. Var. _granula´ta_ has the pileus rough with small granular scales. _Peck_, Rep. 39. A very coarse and easily recognized species. Reckoned poisonous, though eaten by slugs. _W.G.S._ The verdict is against it. Both smell and taste are usually unpleasant. Cooked it retains its flavor, more closely resembling wild cherry bark than anything else. On two occasions I ate enough to convince me that it was not poisonous. =R. el´egans= Bresad.—_elegans_, pretty. Mild at first, becoming acrid with age. =Pileus= 2–3 in. across. =Flesh= rather thick; convex then depressed; margin tuberculose and striate when old, viscid, bright rosy flesh-color, soon ochraceous at the circumference, everywhere densely granulated. =Gills= adnexed or slightly rounded, narrow behind, very much crowded, equal, rarely forked, whitish, becoming either entirely or here and there ochraceous-orange. =Stem= 1½-2 in. long, 5–7 lines thick, a little thickened at the base, rather rugulose, white, base ochraceous. =Flesh= white, turning ochraceous and acrid when old. =Spores= 8–10µ diameter _Massee_. Allied to R. vesca. Known by the bright rose-colored, densely granular pileus and tuberculose margin. When old the pileus is almost entirely ochraceous. _Massee._