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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  becoming 
  depressed, 
  often 
  of 
  some 
  shade 
  of 
  grey. 
  The 
  

   gills 
  are 
  white, 
  much 
  crowded 
  together, 
  and 
  forked. 
  

   The 
  stem 
  is 
  white, 
  solid, 
  and 
  firm. 
  

  

  Both 
  these 
  species 
  are 
  covered 
  in 
  their 
  young 
  state 
  

   with 
  a 
  thin 
  pellicle, 
  or 
  superficial 
  skin, 
  which 
  disappears 
  

   with 
  age, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  especially 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  great 
  

   variations 
  in 
  colour. 
  

  

  Another 
  mild 
  species 
  (B. 
  lepida), 
  not 
  very 
  common, 
  

   may 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  Kentish 
  w 
  r 
  oods 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  compact, 
  fleshy 
  pileus, 
  with 
  a 
  solid 
  white 
  

   or 
  pinkish 
  stem, 
  and 
  rounded, 
  thicki.-h, 
  white 
  gills, 
  

   crowded 
  together. 
  It 
  is 
  commonly 
  consumed 
  on 
  the 
  

   Continent, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  plentiful 
  than 
  with 
  

   us. 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  (A', 
  virescens) 
  with 
  a 
  rough, 
  warty, 
  greenish, 
  

   pileus, 
  is 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  woods. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  

   whitish 
  stem 
  and 
  gills, 
  but, 
  although 
  very 
  wholesome, 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  importance 
  as 
  a 
  food 
  

   resource. 
  In 
  France 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  preferred 
  

   by 
  some 
  to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  mushroom, 
  and 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  

   the 
  south 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  " 
  Verdctte." 
  It 
  is 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  Languedoc, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  collected 
  and 
  grilled 
  

   with 
  small 
  herbs 
  and 
  oil. 
  

  

  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  species 
  (It. 
  aluta- 
  

   cea) 
  found 
  in 
  similar 
  localities, 
  which, 
  like 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  

   edible 
  species 
  of 
  Russula, 
  is 
  mild 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  when 
  

   raw 
  ; 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  generally 
  depressed 
  and 
  changeable 
  

   in 
  colour. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  stout, 
  and 
  either 
  white 
  or 
  red. 
  

   The 
  gills 
  are 
  always 
  yellowish 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  of 
  growth. 
  

   The 
  large 
  size 
  and 
  yellowish 
  gills 
  are 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

  

  