Russula simulans Burlingham.
Cap 4-10cm across, soon flattened-convex; leaf-green to pale yellow-green, often with faint flush of lilac or violet; smooth; cuticle peels halfway. Gills close, forking near stem; white. Stem 50-80 x 10-20mm; white. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste soon slightly acrid. Spores ovoid, 8.5-9.5 x 6-7µ; warts 0.5-1µ, high, with partial connectives. Deposit pure white (A). Habitat in deciduous woods. Uncommon. Found in northeastern North America. Season July-August. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Comment This species is very similar to Russula variata but differs in its gills only forking at the base and in having numerous partial gills; also its cuticle peels more easily.