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The stem is rather short, thick, solid, equal, pallid when young, then black. 

 The spores are subglobose, rough, 8-9/u,. 



The plant is quite compact, inodorous, becoming entirely black with age. It 

 is easily distinguished from R. adusta by the flesh becoming reddish when bruised, 

 and by the much thicker, and more distant gills. It is very close to R. densifolia 

 but differs from it in that its gills are more distant and because of its mild taste. 



I am pleased to present to my readers, in Figure 146, a photograph of a plant 

 which grew in Sweden in the locality where Prof. Fries did his great work in 

 fungal study and research. It is a typical specimen of this species. It was gathered 

 and photographed by Mr. C. G. Lloyd. 



It is found from June to October. Not poisonous, but not good. 



Figure 147. Russula fcetens. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 



