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those of Venenarius; margin even, rarely slightly striate in old 
specimens ; context white, mild to the taste ; lamellae white, a few 
short ones present, some forking, narrow toward the stipe and 
nearly or quite free, rather crowded ; spores subglobose, echinulate, 
hyaline, 8X7/*; stipe white, firm, nearly equal, 2.5-5 cm. long, 
1.2-2 cm. thick. 
Found in oak, maple, or mixed woods from Maine to Virginia 
and westward to Michigan and Ohio. This beautiful species has, 
long enjoyed a reputation for edibility, but, unfortunately, it is 
rather rare and its flavor is not really of first rank. It may be 
recognized by the greenish color and warted appearance of its 
pileus. The pileus of Russula furcata, a bitter species formerly 
considered poisonous, is green but not warted. The green form 
of Venenarius phalloides and the poisonous Entoloma lividum, 
both common in Europe, are easily distinguished by other char- 
acters. 
Russula obscura Romell 
Obscure Russula 
P late 185. Figure 4. X i 
A paler form of this species was figured and described in 
Mycologia for November, 1912. The color is usually dull-dark- 
red as here represented, the disk often being blackish. The species 
usually occurs on the ground in coniferous woods and is known 
from New England, New York, and Mississippi. 
Russula compacta Erost & Peck 
Compact Russula 
Plate 185. Figure 5. X i 
Pileus fleshy, broadly convex, sometimes umbilicate, becoming 
centrally depressed or infundibuliform, 7.5-15 cm. broad; sur- 
face white or whitish, becoming rusty-ochraceous, dry or sub- 
viscid after heavy rains, unpolished, glabrous, margin even; con- 
text compact, white, mild or slightly and tardily acrid, the odor in 
drying strong and disagreeable ; lamellae white, becoming reddish- 
brown where wounded and smoky-brown in drying, unequal, oc- 
