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brown, tinged with purple, becoming paler with age; lamelle 
rather close, venose-connected, some of them forked, white, 
then yellowish; stipe cylindrical, solid, spongy, whitish or 
pinkish ; spores yellow. 
Height 3-5’, breadth of pileus 3’—5’, stipe 6’—-15” thick. 
Pine woods. West Albany. October. . 
A large species, with a mild taste. 
. RUSSULA NITIDA F7. 
Pileus firm, fleshy, with a thin submembranaceous margin, 
at first convex, then expanded or depressed, viscid when 
moist, shining, the margin striate-tuberculate, color various, 
generally a dull or sordid purple, the disk darker; lamelle 
close, subfree, narrowed toward the inner extremity, venose- 
connected, white, then yellow; stipe white, stuffed, equal or 
slightly tapering upward. 
Height 2’- 4’ breadth of pileus 23’, stipe 4-6” thick. 
Pine woods. West Albany. October. 
Taste mild at first, then slightly disagreeable. + 
. RUSSULA FETENS F7. 
Pileus fleshy, with a wide thin margin, hemispherical or 
convex, then expanded or depressed, viscid when moist, widely 
striate-tuberculate on the margin, dull pale yellow or straw- 
color; lamelle rather broad, close, venose-connected, some of 
them forked, whitish; stipe nearly cylindrical, whitish, hol- 
low ; spores white ; plant sometimes czespitose. 
Height 2-3’, breadth of pileus 2’-4’, stipe 4-8” thick. 
Ground in woods and open places. Common. Sandlake, 
Albany, etc. July and August. 
Taste acrid, odor strong. When young, the lamelle are 
studded with drops of moisture. 
Genus— CANTHARELLUS Fy”. 
Hymenophorum inferior, confluent with the floccose trama. 
Gills thick, swollen, somewhat branched. Edge obtuse.— 
Berk. Out. 
The species of this genus are easily separated from all others 
by the obtuse edge of the narrow, more or less branching or 
anastomosing gills. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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a. Lamelle irregularly branched or sparingly anastomosing..............+.6+- b. 
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