Fungi with Gills 



Time — July and August. 



Habitat — Grassy grounds, groves, and open woods. 



No milky nor coloured juice, no coloured circular zones. 



Variable Russula (Edible) 



Russula heterophylla 



Cap or Pileiis — Variable in colour. Greenish or pinkish grey, but 

 fleshy, firm ; slightly convex, then depressed ; smooth, and 

 polished, the very thin skin disappearing. Margin thin, 

 smooth, or with slightly depressed lines closely placed. 



Stem or Stipe — Solid, firm, smooth, shining white, the apex oc- 

 casionally dilated in the form of a cup. 



Annulus or Volva — None. 



Gills or Lamella — Narrow, crowded, forked ; white ; of different 

 lengths. 



Spores — White. 



Flesh — White ; mild in taste. 



Habitat — Woods. Common. 



Time — ^July to October. 



The specific name refers to the difference in the lengths of 

 the gills. 



GENUS CUTOCYBE 



The members of the genus Clitocybe have the spores white, 

 no volva nor annulus, the gills with thin edges not notched on 

 the edge near the stem, and generally decurrent. 



Clitocybe laccata (Edible) (See Plate facing page 67) 



Cap or Pileus — When moist, pale red, buff red, or flesh red ; 

 when dry, greyish to pale yellowish brown. Surface cov- 

 ered with tiny tufts of hair. Convex when young, flattened 

 with wavy margin when old ; often depressed. ^4-2 inches 

 broad. 



Gills or Lamella — Broad, distant, unequal. Flesh colour. Slightly 

 decurrent. 



Veil and Annuhis — None. 



Ste7n or Stipe — Slender, stiff, fibrous, stuffed, or hollow. Colour 

 like cap. Often twisted. 1-3 inches long. 



Spores — White, rough, globose. 



Flesh — Thin, pale flesh colour, leathery, tasteless. 



H^t'er-o-phyl'-la. ClT-to-cy'-be LSc-ca'-tS 



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