Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Figure 147.—Russula fœtens.
Fœtens means stinking.
The pileus is four to six inches broad, dirty white or yellowish; flesh thin; at first hemispherical, then expanded, almost plane, often depressed in the center; covered with a pellicle which is adnate; viscid in wet weather; widely striate-tuberculate on the margin, which is at first incurved.
The gills are adnexed, connected by veins, crowded, irregular, many forked, rather broad, whitish, becoming dingy when bruised, exuding watery drops at first.
The stem is stout, stuffed, then hollow, concolor, two to four inches long. The spores are small, echinulate, almost round.
I have found the plants very generally diffused over the state. It is very coarse and uninviting. Its smell and taste are bad. Found from July to October. These plants are widely distributed and usually rather abundant.
Russula alutacea. Fr.
The Tan-Colored Russula. Edible.