78 MUSHROOMS. 



Red or Pink. 



This is found on the ground among dead 

 leaves, in the woods and open places from July 

 to December. It has a bitter taste, and is said to 

 be poisonous. Those eating it are often affected 

 as if they had taken an emetic. It is easily 

 distinguished by the fact of the flesh turning 

 red immediately under the skin when it is 

 peeled off. There are numerous varieties of it, 

 in one the stem has minute wrinkles running 

 lengthwise. We found it in different localities. 

 The taste was acrid. It was one of the first 

 and the last mushrooms that we gathered. 

 (Poisonous.) 



EUSSULA SANGUINEA = blood. 

 The Blood-colored Russula. 



Cap blood red, becoming pale at margin, 2 

 to 3 inches broad, at first convex, then de- 

 pressed, and funnel-shaped (infundibuliform), 

 irregularly swollen in the centre, polished, even, 

 margin acute, moist in damp weather. Flesh 

 firm, cheesy, white. Stem stout, spongy, 

 stuffed, at first contracted at apex, then equal, 

 slightly marked with lines white or reddish. 

 Gills at first fastened to stem and then 

 decurrent, crowded, narrow, connected by 



