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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 149. Russula lepida. Two-thirds natural size. 

 purplish-red, with more or less brown. 



Caps. 



The stem is solid, 

 white, usually stained 

 and streaked with 

 pink, compact, even. 



The surface is dull, 

 as with a fine dust 

 or plum-like bloom, 

 and thus without 

 polish. Often times 

 the surface will ap- 

 pear almost velvety. 

 The tints of the 

 flesh and the gills 

 will be found uni- 

 form. The plant 

 when raw is sweet 

 and nut-like to the 

 taste. -This is a 

 beautiful species, the 

 color being averaged 

 under the general hue 

 of dark, subdued red, 

 inclining to maroon. 

 It is simply delic- 

 ious when properly 

 cooked. Found in 

 woods from July to 

 September. 



Russula cyanoxantha. Fr. 

 The Blue and Yellow Russula. Edible. 



Cyanoxantha. from two ('.reck words, blue and yellow, referring to color 

 of the plant. 



The pileus is quite variable as to color, ranging from lilac or purplish to 

 greenish; disk yellowish, margin bluish or livid-purple; convex, then plane, de- 

 pressed in center; margin faintly striate, sometimes wrinkled. 



The "ills are rounded, hehind. connected by veins, forked, white, slightly 

 crowded. 



The stem is solid, spongy, stuffed, hollow when old. equal, smooth and white. 



The color of the cap is quite variable hut the peculiar combination of color 



