108 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



darker than the above, almost dirty tan- 

 colour, or foxy, and six inches in diameter, 

 the margin coarsely sulcate with parallel 

 channels, the elevated space between being 

 coarsely tubercled. All parts are sticky, 

 and rather brittle, but ■ above all it has 

 usually a very strong foetid odour, and 

 is called Russula foetens. It is one of 

 the species of which slugs seem to be 

 particularly fond, for it is generally slug- 

 eaten. We have said that it is usually 

 foetid, but on two or three occasions we 

 have found specimens of the same species, 

 which cannot well be mistaken for any 

 other, in which the odour was decidedly 

 of a different character, being fragrant and 

 agreeable. We do not pretend to account 

 for the circumstance, but merely record it 

 as a fact. Apart from the very unpleasant 

 odour and appearance it presents, we doubt 

 this species being really noxious. 



