Pruinose (of the cap and stem-surfaces), finely powdered.

Pubescent (of the cap and stem-surfaces), with short, soft hairs.

Putrescent (of the fruit-body), soft and very easily decaying.

Pyriform (of the spore), pear-shaped.

Regular (of the gill-trama in transverse longitudinal section), with hyphae showing no distinct curvature and practically parallel to the gill-surfaces. See [Fig. 9C], [p. 17].

Remote (of the gills or tubes), separate from the stem by a zone of cap-flesh. See [p. 267].

Resupinate (of the fruit-body), spore-bearing tissue facing outward and attached to support by what would have been the cap had the fungus been a normal agaric.

Ring, a girdling veil on the stem. See [p. 267].

Rugulose (of a surface), covered in small wrinkles.

RUST-BROWN, the colour of rusty iron.