﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  29 
  

  

  a 
  white 
  villosity 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  spores 
  globose, 
  .00016.0002 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  The 
  family 
  collybia 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  tufted 
  collybia 
  in 
  its 
  

   mode 
  of 
  growth. 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  similar 
  localities 
  but 
  is 
  limited 
  in 
  

   its 
  habitat 
  to 
  decaying 
  wood 
  of 
  coniferous 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  less 
  frequent 
  in 
  occurrence 
  but 
  the 
  tufts 
  or 
  clusters 
  are 
  

   generally 
  composed 
  of 
  many 
  more 
  individual 
  mushrooms. 
  The 
  

   caps 
  are 
  thin 
  and 
  fragile 
  but 
  are 
  usually 
  free 
  from 
  insect 
  attack. 
  

   They 
  are 
  whitish, 
  grayish 
  or 
  brownish 
  sometimes 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   yellow 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  reddish 
  hues 
  of 
  the 
  tufted 
  

   collybia. 
  In 
  drying 
  they 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  become 
  darker 
  than 
  when 
  

   fresh. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  thin, 
  narrow, 
  crowded, 
  white 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  

   the 
  stem 
  or 
  but 
  slightly 
  attached 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  smooth, 
  hol- 
  

   low 
  and 
  white 
  or 
  whitish, 
  but 
  like 
  the 
  pileus 
  it 
  becomes 
  darker 
  in 
  

   drying. 
  Sometimes 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  pruinosely 
  pubescent 
  in 
  the 
  

   fresh 
  plant 
  when 
  viewed 
  with 
  a 
  lens. 
  A 
  wholly 
  white 
  variety 
  

   very 
  rarely 
  occurs. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  6-12 
  lines 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  stem 
  2-4 
  inches 
  long, 
  1-1.5 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  The 
  time 
  of 
  its 
  appearance 
  is 
  during 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  

   Its 
  edible 
  qualities 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  tufted 
  collybia 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  separated 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size 
  and 
  different 
  color. 
  

  

  Russula 
  mariae 
  Pk. 
  

  

  MARY'S 
  RUSSULA 
  

  

  PLATE 
  85, 
  FIG. 
  1-8 
  

  

  Pileus 
  at 
  first 
  nearly 
  hemispheric, 
  soon 
  broadly 
  convex, 
  nearly 
  

   plane 
  or 
  centrally 
  depressed, 
  pruinose 
  and 
  minutely 
  pulverulent, 
  

   dark 
  crimson 
  or 
  purplish, 
  sometimes 
  darker 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  than 
  

   on 
  the 
  margin, 
  rarely 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  when 
  old, 
  flesh 
  white, 
  

   pinkish 
  under 
  the 
  cuticle, 
  taste 
  mild; 
  lamellae 
  moderately 
  close, 
  

   adnate, 
  white 
  when 
  young, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  when 
  old; 
  stem 
  equal, 
  

   solid 
  or. 
  slightly 
  spongy 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  colored 
  like 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  

   paler 
  than 
  the 
  pileus, 
  usually 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom, 
  

   rarely 
  entirely 
  white 
  ; 
  spores 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  globose, 
  .0003 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  

   broad. 
  

  

  This 
  russula 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  and 
  easily 
  recognizable 
  species, 
  

   though 
  somewhat 
  variable 
  in 
  its 
  colors. 
  The 
  cap 
  is 
  at 
  first 
  

  

  