Leucosporae 



Pennsylvania, New Jersey, pine, hemlock and mixed woods, July to Russuia. 

 September. Mcllvaine. 



It is of better quality than most coarse-grained Russulse. 



FURCA'T^E. 



R. furca'ta Fr. furca, a fork. Pileus 3 in. broad, sometimes 

 greenish, sometimes umber-greenish, fleshy, compact, gibbous then 

 piano-depressed or infundibuliform, even, smooth, but often sprinkled 

 with slightly silky luster, pellicle here and there separable, margin thin, 

 at first inflexed, then spreading, always even. Flesh firm, somewhat 

 cheesy, white. Stem 2 in. or a little more long, solid, firm, equal or 

 attenuated downward, even, white. Grills adnato-decurrent , rather thick, 

 somewhat distant but broad, attenuated at both ends, frequently forked, 

 shining white. Fries. 



Spores globose, echinulate, 6-7/A C.B.P.; 7-8x9^ Massee. 



In woods, and grass under trees. 



The frequently forked gills, from which the species takes its name, 

 their being thick and slightly decurrent, help to distinguish it. It is 

 quite common in its several varieties. 



Taste mild at first. A slight bitter develops which disappears in 

 cooking. It is then of good quality, not equal to R. virescens. Older 

 writers marked it poisonous, doubtless for no other cause than its slight 

 bitter. I have eaten it freely for fifteen years. 



R. sangui'nea Fr. sanguis, blood. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, blood- 

 red or becoming pale round the even, spreading, acute margin, fleshy, 

 firm, at first convex, obtuse, then depressed and infundibuliform and 

 commonly gibbous in the center, polished, even, moist in damp weather. 

 Flesh firm, cheesy, white. Stem stout, spongy-stuffed, at first con- 

 tracted at the apex, then equal, slightly striate, white or reddish. Gills 

 at first adnate, then truly decurrent, very crowded, very narrow, con- 

 nected by veins, fragile, somewhat forked, shining white. Fries. 



Spores 9-io/x diameter Massee. 



In pine and mixed woods. July to October. 



Color same as R. rubra but differs in its hard cheesy flesh, rigid, 

 slightly yellowish gills in age. The gills of R. sanguinea are truly 

 decurrent, and pointed in front. 



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