106 MUSHKOOMS. 



Green. 



April to November. It usually grows from 

 stumps and old logs. It can be easily known 

 by its gills, being quite free from the stem, 

 where it joins the pileus. 



MUSHROOMS WITH A GREEN COLORED CAP. 



RUSSULA VIRESCENS = green. 

 The Greenish Russula. 



Cap of a grayish-green color. It is 2 to 4 

 inches broad, dry and broken up into small 

 warts, the margin straight, obtuse, even ; flesh 

 white. Stem 2 inches long and y 2 inch thick, 

 solid, spongy inside, firm, white, sometimes 

 marked with lines (rivulose.) Gills free, whit- 

 ish, narrowed toward the stem, somewhat 

 crowded, sometimes equal and forked, with a 

 few shorter ones between. It is easily distin- 

 guished by the dull green pileus, being with- 

 out a cuticle, and scaly in the form of patches. 

 It is found in woods in July and September. 

 We have not seen a specimen of R. virescens, 

 so have used Stevenson's description. Edible, 

 taste mild. 



