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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Russula fattens. Fr. 

 The Fltid Russula. Not Edible. 



Fcetens means stinking. 



The pilens is four to six inches broad, dirty white or yellowish ; flesh thin ; at 

 first hemispherical, then expanded, almost plane, often depressed in the center; 

 covered with a pellicle which is adnate ; viscid in wet weather ; widely striate- 

 tuberculate on the margin, which is at first incurved. 



The gills are adnexed, connected by veins, crowded, irregular, many forked, 

 rather broad, whitish, becoming dingy when bruised, exuding watery drops at first. 



The stem is stout, stuffed, then hollow, concolor, two to four inches long. The 

 spores are small, echinulate, almost round. 



I have found the plants very generally diffused over the state. It is very 

 coarse and uninviting. Its smell and taste are bad. Found from July to October. 

 These plants are widely distributed and usually rather abundant. 



Russula alutacea. Fr. 



Tin: Tan-Colored Russula. Edible. 



FIGURE 148. Russula alutacea. Two -think natural size. Cap*. 

 tlesh color, ('.ills broad and yellowish. 



Alutacea, tanned leath- 

 er. The pileus is flesh- 

 color, sometimes red ; 

 flesh white; bell-shaped, 

 then convex ; expanded, 

 with a viscid covering, 

 growing pale : slightly 

 depressed : even ; margin 

 inclined to be thin, stri- 

 ate. 



The gills are broad, 

 ventricose, free, thick, 

 somewhat distant, equal, 

 yellow, then ochraceous. 



The stem is stout, 

 solid, even : white, though 

 parts of the stem are red, 

 sometimes purple; wrin- 

 kled lengthwise; spongy. 

 The sjx>res are yellow. 



The taste is mild and 



