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Sect, 2. Furcatce. 



616. Russula furcata. Fr. " Forked Russula." 



Mild, at length bitter. Pileus fleshy, rigid, plane, then de- 

 pressed and infundibuliform, even, somewhat shining, with a 

 silky lustre, at length smooth ; margin even, acute ; stem stout, 

 firm, even, attenuated downwards ; gills adnato-decurrent, rather 

 thick, somewhat distant, forked, white, as well as the stem. — 

 Fr.Hpicr.p. 3d2. Krombh.t.62,f.l,2,t.6d,f.l8-22. Bull. t. 26. 

 Schcef.t.d-LJ.l. Fault. 74:,/. 1. Buxh.x.t.^l J.2. Eng.Fl. 

 Y.p.22. Barla. M6,/. 1-9. 



In woods. Sept. Common. [United States.] 



Stem stuflfed, moderately firm, white. Pileus when young plane, tlie mar- 

 gin deflexed; then sub infundibuliform, green. Taste acrid. — Fries. 



617. Russula sanguinea. Fr. " Blood-red Kussula." 



Acrid. Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, then gibbo-depressed and 

 infundibuliform, at length even, moist ; margin thin, acute, even; 

 stem spongy or solid, slightly striate, white or reddish ; gills 

 decurrent, thin, very crowded, somewhat forked, connected, white. 

 —Fr.Epicr.p.rol. Bull. t. ^2. Moq. t. 12,/. 1. Smitli^.PM. 

 /. 17. 



In woods. 



Stem stout. Pileus fleshy, firm, obtuse, then depressed and infundibuli- 

 form, polished, 2-3 in. broad, blood-red, or growing pale about the margin. 

 Flesh firm, cheesy, white. Gills very narrow, and much crowded. Taste 

 acrid and peppery. 



618. Russula rosacea. Fr. " Rosy Russula." 



At length acrid. Pileus compact, convexo-plane, unequal, 

 viscid, then dry, variegated with spots; margin acute, even ; stem 

 spongy or solid, even, white, or reddish ; gills adnate, rather 

 crowded, plane, unequal, white, divided behind. — Fr. Epicr.p. 

 351. Bull.t.bOdJ.Z. 



In woods. [United States.] 



Stem solid, firm, at length spongy within, even, smooth, about 2 in. long. 

 Pileus fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse, but never depressed, 2-4 in. broad, 

 cuticle when young and moist viscid and separable. Gills in all states adnate, 

 crowded, fragile, forked behind, always persistently white. Spores papillose, 

 almost globular, diameter "00026 in. (Fig* 52, reduced.) 



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