Leucosporae 



what crowded, sometimes equal, sometimes forked, with a few shorter Russuia. 

 ones intermixed, white. Fries. 



Taste mild; good, raw. 



Spores scarcely echinulate, almost globular, 6{*> W.G.S. Spores 

 8-io/A Mas see; 6-7.61*- Peck. 



Cap round when young, very hard, then convex or becoming dished, 

 sometimes repand. It is without a separable skin, covered with various 

 sized areas of mouldy looking patches which are at times distinctly 

 cracked. The color varies from a bright bluish-green to grayish-green, 

 such shades remind one of mouldy cheese or the shades of Roquefort ; 

 again the color may vary in shades of light leather brown, occasionally 

 the caps are almost white, opaque in each shade of color. Flesh crisp, 

 brittle, thick, white, mild, good raw. Gills and stem as described. 



R. virescens is common in the United States but not generally plenti- 

 ful. It is a solitary grower, usually but few are found in a patch. 

 Striking in appearance when its green colors are present, and always 

 clean looking and inviting. It sometimes attains the size of 5 in. across. 

 It is a hot weather Russuia and rarely appears before the latter part of 

 June, then after rains. 



To eat, it should be in a healthy, fresh condition. All Russulae 

 impart a stale flavor if any part of gills or cap is wilting, drying or 

 decaying. It requires forty minutes' slow stewing, or it can be dressed 

 raw as a salad. Roasted or fried crisp in a hot buttered pan it is at its 

 best. It should be well salted. 



R. lep'ida Fr. lepidus, neat, elegant. PileilS 3 in. broad, blood- 

 red-rose, becoming pale, whitish especially at the disk, somewhat equally 

 fleshy, convex then expanded, scarcely depressed, obtuse, opaque, un- 

 polished, with a silky appearance, at lengtJi often cracked scaly , margin 

 spreading, obtuse, without striae. Stem as much as 3 in. long, often 

 i in. thick, even, white or rose-color. Gills rounded behind, rather 

 thick, somewhat crowded, often forked, connected by veins, white, often 

 red at the edge. 



Taste mild; wholly compact and firm, but the flesh is cheesy, not 

 somewhat clotted. The gills are often red at the edge, chiefly toward 

 the margin, on account of the margin of the pileus being continuous 

 with the gills. Fries. 



Spores 8-iox6-8/, Syll. 



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