A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Rubedo,-inis (s.f.III), abl.sg. rubedine: “redness of any sort” (Lindley) [> L. rubedo,-inis (s.f.III) ‘redness’ > rubeo (see rubens,-entis (part.B)); see -edo-inis (s.f.III).

- [fungi][Aecidium Rumicis, Var. Grossulariae, Var. Serratulae] rubedo in [var. Grossulariae] maculae sanguinea centralis: margo flavescente-pallidus (S&A), the redness of the spot in var. Grossulariae is blood-red, central: with the margin yellowish-pale.

- [fungi] pulvis spermaticus e croceo ferrugineus; var. B., pileo cinnamomeo ac rubedine subtus etiam minus vivace puraque distincta (S&A), the reproductive powder [i.e. spores] from crocus-yellow to rusty-red; the var. B. is distinct by the cinnamon-colored pileus and by the reddness below also less vivid and pure.

- [fungi] pileus flavescens, sed disco in nostris utplurimum rubedine sordida afflatus (S&A), the pileus yellowish, but by the disc in ours [i.e. in our species] touched nearly always with a dirty reddness.

- [fungi] pilei (sesquiuncialis) disco rubedine item diluta afflato (S&A), with the pileus (one and onehalf inches) with the disc touched besides with a dilute [i.e. pale] reddness.

- [fungi] stipes nunc totus albus, nunc rubedine dilutiore profundioreve afflatus (S&A), sometimes the whole stipe white, sometimes touched with a more dilutely or more deeply red.