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Under hemlock trees. Common in hemlock regions. July. 

 Edible. 



From R . s u b s o r d i d a it may be separated by its dry pileus, 

 its more clear white lamellae and by the wounds of the flesh more 

 quickly assuming a blackish color. From R. nigricans and 

 R. densifolia both this and the preceding species may be sepa- 

 rated by the absence of reddish hues in the change of color assumed 

 by wounds. 



Russula densifolia Seer. 

 DENSE GILLED RUSSULA 



Pileus convex becoming nearly plane or centrally depressed, even, 

 glabrous, whitish becoming gray or sooty brown, sometimes darker 

 in the center, flesh white, slowly changing to reddish and then 

 blackish where wounded, taste mild; lamellae thin, close, adnate or 

 decurrent, white, sometimes tinged with red ; stem cylindric, even, 

 solid, slightly pruinose, whitish becoming grayish brown or blackish ; 

 spores globose, .0003 of an inch broad. 



Pileus 2-4 inches broad ; stem 1-2 inches long, 5-9 lines thick. 



Woods. Suffolk county and Adirondack mountains. July and 

 August. 



Related to R. adusta Fr. from which it is distinguished by 

 wounds of the flesh assuming a reddish color. From R. nigricans 

 Fr. it may be separated by its lamellae being adnate or slightly 

 decurrent and more crowded. Sometimes the lamellae, at their 

 inner extremity, separate from the stem and flesh of the pileus and 

 curve outward and upward. This form appears to be slightly viscid 

 when moist and may prove to be worthy of separation. It is R. 

 densifolia paxilloides Pk. in State Museum bulletin 75, 

 1904, page 20. 



Russula adusta (Pers.) Fr. 

 SCORCHED RUSSULA 



Pileus convex becoming centrally depressed or somewhat infundi- 

 buliform, white or whitish becoming brownish or sooty gray, flesh 

 white, not changing color where wounded, taste mild ; lamellae thin, 

 narrow, close, adnate or slightly decurrent, sometimes slightly 

 rounded behind, white becoming dingy ; stem solid, cylindric, colored 

 like the pileus ; spores subglobose, .0003-0004 of an inch long, 

 .00024-.0003 broad. 



Pileus 2-3 inches broad ; stem 1-2 inches long, 4-8 lines thick. 



