Agaricaceee 



Bussuia. Poisonous. Stevenson. Krapp says he has experienced grave incon- 

 veniences from eating it. 



Myself and very many friends eat all fresh inviting Russulae. We do 

 not discriminate against a single peppery or acrid species, not even the 

 R. emetica which has been severely maligned. In fact the peppery 

 Russulae are usually substantial in flesh and choice in substance. 



The opinion of many is that R. sanguinea is one of the best. I have 

 eaten it for years. 



R. depal'lens Pers. palleo, to be pale. Pileus 3-4 in. across, pal- 

 lid-reddish or inclining to dingy-brown, etc., fleshy, firm, convex, 

 then plane, more rarely depressed, but commonly irregularly shaped 

 and undulated, even, the thin, adnate pellicle presently changing color, 

 especially at the disk, the spreading margin even, but slightly striate 

 when old. Flesh white. Stem about iK in. long, solid, firm, com- 

 monly attenuated downward, white, becoming cinereous when old. Gills 

 adnexed, broad, crowded, distinct, but commonly forked at the base, 

 often with shorter ones intermixed. Inodorous, taste mild. The color 

 of the pileus is at first pallid-reddish, or inclining to brownish, then 

 j^H whitish or yellowish, opaque in every stage of growth. It approaches 

 nearest to the Heterophyllae. Fries. 



In beech woods, pastures, etc. August to September. 



Spores subglobose, echinulate, 7-8/x. Massee. 



R. depallens somewhat resembles R. heterophylla. Both are edible. 

 It is a solitary grower and not common, but when found it occurs in 

 good quantity. It belongs to the best class of Russulae. 



R. SUbdepal'lens Pk. sub, de zndpalleo, to be pale. Pileus fleshy, 

 at first convex and striate on the margin, then expanded or centrally 

 depressed and tuberculate-striate on the margin, viscid, blood-red or 

 purplish red, mottled with yellowish spots, becoming paler or almost 

 white with age, often irregular. Flesh fragile, white, becoming cinereous 

 with age, reddish under the cuticle, taste mild. Lamellae broad, sub- 

 distant, adnate, white or whitish, the interspaces venose. Stem stout, 

 solid but spongy within, persistently white. 



Spores white, globose, rough, 8/u, broad. 



Pileus 3-6 in. broad. Stem 1.5-3 in - l n g> 6-12 l ines thick. 



Under a hickory tree. Trexlertown, Pa. June. W. Herbst. 



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