Denniston—Russulas of Madison and Vicinity. 79 
f Pileus: red or white or tawny. Margin striate 
Characters ! and cracked, 
of dried j Q.jp s: cre am color, wrinkled, 
specimens. ^ g^ em . stramineus or rosy, longitudinally striate. 
Habitat. On ground in hilly woods. 
Locality. Madison, Star Lake, Florence. 
Edibility. Claimed by some to be poisonous; by others to be 
perfectly harmless. 
R. fociens Fr. 
Pileus: globose at first then fiat to concave or depressed at 
center, sometimes gibbous, viscid when moist. Color, young, 
w r hitish to pale brown; older, badius or vinosus. Membran¬ 
ous pellicle, elastic and tough, marked with radiating brown 
lines. Margin thin, striate or pectinate. Size 5-10 cm. 
Taste mild, nauseous or acrid; odor foetid. Becoming brown 
when broken. 
Gills: adnexed or sinuate, broad, not crowded, interveined, 
rounded anteriorly, forked near stem, few heterophyllous; 
white, spotted brownish when old. 
Stem: 4-12 cm. firm, tapering upward, smooth, white to gray¬ 
ish, reddish spots and lines. 1.5-2 cm. thick. June, July, 
Aug. 
Spores: white, ellipsoidal, echinulate. 8x10/a. 
f Pileus: brown, depressed with shining viscid 
Characters | pellicle, 
on which _j Margin: thin striate, 
identification \ Stem: often brown spotted, 
is made. j Gills: often brown spotted. 
[ Odor: foetid, rank. 
Characters 
of dried 
specimens. 
' Pileus: reddish brown, much folded, wrinkled and 
striate. 
■{ Gills: yellowish or salmon. 
| Stem: depressed in spots, yellowish, brown spotted. 
L Odor, mealy. 
Habitat. Moist ground in oak woods. 
Locality. Madison, Blue Mounds, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Edibility. Not poisonous, but unpleasant in flavor. (Mcl.) 
