﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
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  other 
  russulas 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  hesitation 
  in 
  placing 
  it 
  among 
  the 
  

  

  edible 
  species. 
  

  

  Russula 
  furcata 
  (Pers.) 
  Fr. 
  

   FORKED 
  EUSSULA 
  

   PLATE 
  85, 
  FIG. 
  9-14 
  

  

  Pileus 
  convex 
  becoming 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  centrally 
  depressed 
  or 
  

   funnel 
  form, 
  glabrous, 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  first 
  

   incurved, 
  then 
  spreading 
  and 
  acute, 
  the 
  thin 
  adnate 
  pellicle 
  sub- 
  

   separable 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  greenish 
  or 
  brownish 
  green, 
  flesh 
  white, 
  

   taste 
  mild; 
  lamellae 
  thickish, 
  subdistant, 
  often 
  forked, 
  with 
  

   shorter 
  ones 
  intermixed, 
  adnate 
  or 
  slightly 
  decurrent, 
  white; 
  

   stem 
  equal 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  solid 
  or 
  spongy 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  white; 
  

   spores 
  white, 
  subglobose, 
  .0003-.00035 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  .00025- 
  

   .0003 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  forked 
  russula 
  grows 
  in 
  woods 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  variable 
  species. 
  

   Two 
  distinct 
  European 
  varieties 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  but 
  our 
  

   specimens 
  do 
  not 
  fully 
  agree 
  with 
  either 
  of 
  them 
  nor 
  with 
  the 
  

   typical 
  form. 
  The 
  cap 
  varies 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  a 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  

   green 
  or 
  olive 
  green 
  to 
  a 
  dark 
  brownish 
  green, 
  the 
  center 
  often 
  

   being 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  margin. 
  Sometimes 
  purplish 
  hues 
  are 
  

   intermingled 
  with 
  the 
  green, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  disappear 
  from 
  

   the, 
  dried 
  specimens. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  slightly 
  viscid 
  when 
  moist 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  it 
  is 
  rugosely 
  roughened 
  or 
  reticulate 
  in 
  places. 
  

   The 
  margin, 
  though 
  thin, 
  is 
  not 
  striate. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  

   its 
  taste 
  mild. 
  I 
  have 
  detected 
  no 
  bitter 
  flavor 
  to 
  our 
  form 
  but 
  

   the 
  European 
  form 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  it. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  rather 
  thick, 
  

   moderately 
  wide 
  apart, 
  persistently 
  white 
  and 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   stem 
  by 
  their 
  full 
  width. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  forked, 
  the 
  bifur- 
  

   cations 
  occurring 
  most 
  frequently 
  near 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   gin. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  short 
  gills 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  stem. 
  

   The 
  interspaces 
  are 
  marked 
  by 
  transverse 
  veins 
  or 
  ridges, 
  but 
  

   I 
  do 
  not 
  find 
  this 
  character 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  form. 
  The 
  

   stem 
  is 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  cylindric, 
  solid 
  or 
  when 
  old 
  somewhat 
  

   spongy 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  smooth 
  and 
  white. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  2-4 
  inches 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  stem 
  1.5-3 
  inches 
  long, 
  5-8 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  July. 
  In 
  my 
  trial 
  of 
  its 
  edible 
  quali- 
  

   ties 
  it 
  seemed 
  more 
  tough 
  than 
  some 
  oth.er 
  russulas, 
  but 
  the 
  

  

  