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wholly yellowish or yellowish on the margin and darker on the 
central part. Because of the crowded mode of growth the caps 
are sometimes very irregular. The gills are rounded or deeply 
notched next the stem so that they are slightly attached to it. They 
are whitish or white tinged with yellow. In very young plants the 
stem is whitish, but it soon becomes tawnv or tawny brown from 
the development of the dense coat of velvety hairs. It is generally 
hollow. 
The caps are generally about i inch broad in large tufts, but in 
smaller and looser clusters or in scattered or single growths they 
are often larger. The stems vary from i to 3 or 4 in. long and 
from 1 to 3 lines thick. The plants grow on dead trunks of trees 
either standing or prostrate or on old stumps or decaying wood. 
Its edible qualities are not inferior to those of the preceding spe¬ 
cies. Its flesh is more tender and quite as agreeable in flavor. It is 
well U> peel the caps before cooking in order to free them from ad¬ 
hering particles of dirt or other objectionable matter. 
Russula roseipes (Seer.) Bres. 
Rosy-stemmed Russula 
Plate 53, -fig. 1-7. 
Pileus convex becoming nearly plane or slightly depressed, at 
first viscid, soon dry, becoming slightly striate on the thin margin, 
rosy red variously modified by pink orange or ochraceous hues, 
sometimes becoming paler with age, taste mild; lamellae moderately 
close, nearly entire, rounded behind and slightly adnexed, ventri- 
cose, whitish becoming yellow; stem slightly tapering upward, 
stuffed or somewhat cavernous, white tinged with red; spores yellow, 
globose or subglobose. 
The rosy-stemmed Russula is a good example of the close relation 
that exists between some species of this genus, and of the difficulty 
of assigning satisfactory limits to species. This Russula was first 
described by Secretan who considered it a variety of Russula alutacea 
and named it Russula alutacea roseipes. It was afterward raised to 
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specific rank by Bresadola and was accepted as a good species by 
Saccardo in Sylloge. Still later it was reduced again to varietal rank 
