THE WHIT ESP ORED AGARICS 



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rosy-pink, becoming* paler toward the base, color obscure in age. The flesh is 

 fragile, white, reddish under the skin ; odor slight and taste mild. The spores 

 white, globose, sometimes subelliptical, 4-8/u, long, minutely warted. Peck, 42 Rept., 

 N. Y. State Bot. 



This is not a large plant, but it can be readily determined by its red or reddish 

 stem, mild taste and white spores. Found in open woods in July and August. 



Russula densifolic. Gillct. 



Figure 157. Russula densifolia. Two-thirds natural size. Caps whitish, becoming fuliginous gray. 

 Flesh turning red when exposed to the air. 



Densifolia has reference to the crowded condition of the gills. 



The pileus is from three to four inches broad, fleshy, quite compact, 

 convex, expanded, then depressed, margin inflexed, smooth, not striate, white or 

 whitish, becoming fuliginous, gray, or brownish, quite black in center, flesh red 

 when broken. 



The gills are attached to the stem, somewhat decurrent, unequal, thin, 

 crowded, white or whitish, with a rosy tint. Spores, 7-8/x. 



