Some Mushrooms found in Canada. 1-G7 



Russula heterophylla and alutacea are very similar 

 to each other, the pileus varies in color from bright 

 red to a dingy purple, the gills from a pale cream to 

 a deep buff color. They have a thin pellicle which is 

 easily separted from the cap, except in the centre, and 

 it is very viscid in moist weather. The stem is white,- 

 sometimes tinged with red, and there is no ring or 

 volva. The spores are cream color and resemble those 

 of the Lactarii, being round and roughened. 



Russula virescens differs from them only in having 

 a greenish, mouldy looking pileus. 



Russula emetica usually has a bright red cap, snow 

 white gills, and though attractive looking should be 

 avoided, as it might have a harmful effect. It is very 

 peppery to the taste. 



Russula brevipes puzzled us for a long time. It is 

 very large and grows in abundance. It seems more 

 like a Lactarius than a Russula, but has no milky juice. 

 I think it is the species which is covered and distorted 

 by Hypomyces lactufluorus as shown in jhe water 

 color drawings. The smaller one is by Sir William, 

 and shows the granular appearance of the surface 

 caused by the parasite, the larger one which is about 

 three-fourths the size of the original, shows the shape 

 less changed. 



We found these on a hillside in spruce woods near 

 Chamcook Lake one September day, when it looked 

 as if a cart-load of pumpkins had been overturned and 

 broken into pieces of all sorts of shapes and sizes. I 

 judge the host plant to be Russula brevipes, because I 

 found portions only partly covered by the parasite, and 

 these I thought were of the same species as the plant 

 we found so frequently, but of which I did not then 

 know the name. 



Insects are very fond of all the Russulas, and it is 

 difficult to find any that they have not attacked. 



Another drawing shows Russula alutacea covered 

 and changed by Hypomyces viridis. The original of 

 this came from Metis, where my niece found this Rus- 

 sula and R. virescens quite abundant during a week's 

 visit there one July. 



