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  YORK 
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  wholly 
  yellowish 
  or 
  yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  and 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  

   central 
  part. 
  Because 
  of 
  the 
  crowded 
  mode 
  of 
  growth 
  the 
  caps 
  

   are 
  sometimes 
  very 
  irregular. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  rounded 
  or 
  deeply 
  

   notched 
  next 
  the 
  stem 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  slightly 
  attached 
  to 
  it. 
  They 
  

   are 
  whitish 
  or 
  white 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow. 
  In 
  very 
  young 
  plants 
  the 
  

   stem 
  is 
  whitish, 
  but 
  it 
  soon 
  becomes 
  tawny 
  or 
  tawny 
  brown 
  from 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  dense 
  coat 
  of 
  velvety 
  hairs. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  

   hollow. 
  

  

  The 
  caps 
  are 
  generally 
  about 
  i 
  inch 
  broad 
  in 
  large 
  tufts, 
  but 
  in 
  

   smaller 
  and 
  looser 
  clusters 
  or 
  in 
  scattered 
  or 
  single 
  growths 
  they 
  

   are 
  often 
  larger. 
  The 
  stems 
  vary 
  from 
  i 
  to 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  in. 
  long 
  and 
  

   from 
  I 
  to 
  3 
  lines 
  thick. 
  The 
  plants 
  grow 
  on 
  dead 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  

   either 
  standing 
  or 
  prostrate 
  or 
  on 
  old 
  stumps 
  or 
  decaying 
  wood. 
  

  

  Its 
  edible 
  qualities 
  are 
  not 
  inferior 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  spe- 
  

   cies. 
  Its 
  flesh 
  is 
  more 
  tender 
  and 
  quite 
  as 
  agreeable 
  in 
  flavor. 
  It 
  is 
  

   well 
  to 
  peel 
  the 
  caps 
  before 
  cooking 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  free 
  them 
  from 
  ad- 
  

   hering 
  particles 
  of 
  dirt 
  or 
  other 
  objectionable 
  matter. 
  

  

  Russula 
  roseipes 
  (Seer.) 
  Bres. 
  

   Rosy-stemmed^ 
  Russula 
  

  

  Plate 
  53, 
  fig. 
  1-7. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  convex 
  becoming 
  nearly 
  plane 
  or 
  slightly 
  depressed, 
  at 
  

   first 
  viscid, 
  soon 
  dry, 
  becorning 
  slightly 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  thin 
  margin, 
  

   rosy 
  red 
  variously 
  modified 
  by 
  pink 
  orange 
  or 
  ochraceous 
  hues, 
  

   sometimes 
  becoming 
  paler 
  with 
  age, 
  taste 
  mild 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  moderately 
  

   close, 
  nearly 
  entire, 
  rounded 
  behind 
  and 
  slightly 
  adnexed, 
  ventri- 
  

   cose, 
  whitish 
  becoming 
  yellow; 
  stem 
  slightly 
  tapering 
  upward, 
  

   stufifed 
  or 
  somewhat 
  cavernous, 
  white 
  tinged 
  with 
  red; 
  spores 
  yellow, 
  

   globose 
  or 
  subglobose. 
  

  

  The 
  rosy-stemmed 
  Russula 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  close 
  relation 
  

   that 
  exists 
  between 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  difficulty 
  

   of 
  assigning 
  satisfactory 
  limits 
  to 
  species. 
  This 
  Russula 
  was 
  first 
  

   described 
  by 
  Secretan 
  who 
  considered 
  it 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  Russula 
  alutacea 
  

   and 
  named 
  li 
  Russula 
  alutacea 
  roseipes. 
  It 
  was 
  afterward 
  raised 
  to 
  

   specific 
  rank 
  by 
  Bresadola 
  and 
  was 
  accepted 
  as 
  a 
  good 
  species 
  by 
  

   Saccardo 
  in 
  Sylloge. 
  Still 
  later 
  it 
  was 
  reduced 
  again 
  to 
  varietal 
  rank 
  

  

  