Parr 4, 1915] AGARICACEAE 219 
broad, acute at the inner ends, close; stipe white, not changing color, somewhat pruinose, 
tapering downward, stuffed, 3-4 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick: spores white, globose, echinulate, 
6-9 » in diameter. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. 
Hasrtar: In sandy soil in mixed woods or coniferous forests. 
DisTRIBUTION: Tolland, Colorado; also in Europe. 
52. Russula anomala Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 50: 99. 
1897, 
Pileus fleshy, thin, nearly plane or slightly depressed in the center, 2.5-3.8 em. broad; 
surface white, sometimes tinged with yellow, dry, glabrous; margin striate, thin: context white, 
acrid; lamellae white, pruinose, equal or with an occasional short one, rather close, adnate; 
stipe white, equal, solid or spongy, 2.5-3.8 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick: spores white, roughly and 
bluntly echinulate, 8-9 » in diameter. 
Tyres Locatity: Suffolk County, New York. 
Hapsitat: Damp ground under trees. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York. 
53. Russula simillima Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 75. 
1872. 
Pileus convex, becoming plane or slightly depressed in the center, 2.5-7.5 cm. broad; 
surface pale-ochraceous, sometimes deeper colored in the center, viscid when young or moist, 
glabrous; margin striate when mature: context white, acrid; lamellae yellowish, nearly equal, 
some forked near the stipe, broader at the outer ends; stipe colored like the pileus or paler, 
equal or slightly tapering upward, spongy within, rarely hollow, 5~7.5 cm. long, 0.8-1.2 cm. 
thick: spores white, globose or nearly so, 8 » in diameter. 
Types LocaLity: Grieg, New York: 
Hasirar: On the ground in woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York, Vermont, and North Carolina. 
XIII. Veternosae. Pileus broad, with the pellicle separable half way to the center; 
surface red to violaceous, sometimes yellow on the disk, varying to entirely yellow, viscid 
when wet, glabrous; margin usually even at first, becoming faintly striate: context white, 
unchanging, acrid, without special odor; lamellae mostly equal, some forking: spores yellow. 
54. Russula veternosa Fries, Epicr. Myc. 357. 1838. 
Pileus broadly convex, then plane to depressed, 5~8 cm. broad; surface old-blood-red, 
peach-red, rosy, or incarnate, soon fading to whitish or yellow on the disk, viscid when wet, 
polished, with the thin pellicle separable only on the margin; margin even or at length some- 
times faintly striate when mature: context white, acrid; lamellae white, then straw-colored, 
short ones present, adnate, narrow, broader at the outer ends; stipe white, equal, spongy, 
then hollow, smooth, fragile, 5 cm. long, up to 2 cm. thick: spores yellowish-buff, subglobose, 
echinulate, 8-9 » in diameter. ‘ 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden. 
Hasirat: In oak, beech, and maple woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: Vermont, New York, Michigan, and California; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bres. Funghi Mang. 1. 75; Cooke, Brit. Fungi pl. 1033, 1092; Ricken, Blatterp. 
Deutschl. pl. 19, f. 5. 
55. Russula tenuipes C. H. Kauffman, Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 11: 81. 
1909. 
Pileus convex to expanded, thin, 7-12 cm. broad; surface deep-rosy-red or blood-red, 
sometimes white-spotted or tinged with orange blotches, sometimes tuniform-red with or with- 
out minute rugae, viscid when wet, with the pellicle easily separable; margin at first connivent- 
striate: context red beneath the cuticle, otherwise white, very fragile at maturity, sometimes 
tardily but very acrid in taste, without special odor; lamellae white, then yellow-ochraceous, 
