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separable on the margin, glabrous; margin even: context tinged like the surface next to the 
cuticle, otherwise white, firm, mild when young, bitter and more or less astringent when 
mature, not acrid at any time, odor somewhat fetid, more disagreeable in drying and persisting 
for a long time; lamellae white, then pale-yellow, equal or rarely with a few short ones, some 
forking near the stipe, sometimes midway to the margin or near the margin, broad at the 
outer ends, acute at the inner and slightly sinuate or depressed next to the stipe, close; 
stipe white or sometimes tinged with pink, solid, 3.5-5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. thick: spores maize- 
yellow, elliptic, echinulate, 5-6 X 7-8 pz. 
Type collected in sandy loam by the roadside at Buck Hill, Townshend, Vermont, August 30, 
1912, Gertrude S. Burlingham 365-1912 (herb. Burlingham). 
DISTRIBUTION: Townshend and Newfane, Vermont. 
XXI. Ochrophyllae. Pileus with pellicle not easily separable; surface red, dry, glabrous; 
margin even for the most part: context firm, white, unchanging, mild, without special odor; 
lamellae yellowish, becoming ochraceous, equal, a few forking next to the stipe: spores ochra- 
ceous. 
87. Russula ochrophylla Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 50: 100. 
1897. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, becoming nearly plane or slightly depressed in the center, 
5-10 em. broad; surface purple or dark-purplish-red, dry, the cuticle not easily separable, un- 
polished, glabrous; margin even, rarely very slightly striate when old: context white, purplish 
under the adnate cuticle, mild, edible; lamellae at first yellowish, becoming bright-ochraceous- 
buff when mature, pruinose, equal, a few forked at the stipe, venose-connected, subdistant, 
adnate; stipe reddish or rose-tinted, paler than the pileus, white in one variety, solid, spongy 
within, equal or nearly so, 3.5-6.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick: spores bright-ochraceous-buff, 
globose, verructulose, 10 u in diameter. 
Tyre LocaLIty: New York State. 
Hasrrat: Under oak trees. 
DISTRIBUTION: Vermont west to Ohio and Missouri, and south to the District of Columbia. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Mem. N. Y. State Mus. 3: p1. 54, f. 8-14. 
XXII. Integrae. Pileus with separable pellicle; surface some shade of red, viscid when 
wet, glabrous; margin becoming striate-tuberculate: context white, unchanging, mild, with- 
out special odor; lamellae equal, simple or rarely with a few scattered forking ones: spores 
pale yellow. 
88. Russula integra (L.) Fries, Epicr. Myc. 360. 1838. 
Agaricus integer L,. Sp. P1. 1171. 1753. ; 
Russulina integra Schrét. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 31: 550. 1889. 
Pileus fleshy, becoming expanded and depressed in the center, up to 10 cm. broad; surface 
varying in color from dark-dull-red to reddish-brown or more or less sordid-buff, fading, 
viscid when wet, with separable pellicle, glabrous; margin thin, at length coarsely tuberculate- 
striate: context white, mild; lamellae from white to yellow-pulverulent, equal, nearly free, 
distant, broad; stipe white at first, clavate, then subequal, spongy-stuffed, rather short: 
spores pale-yellow, globose, echinulate, 7—9 » in diameter. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden. 
Hapitat: In woods. 
Pee ES oo rae Connecticut; also in Europe. 
LLUSTRATIONS: Cooke, Brit. Fungi $1. 1099; Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 193 (618): i, Funghi ‘ 
bl. 47, f. 1; Lucand, Champ. Fr. pl. 97; Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. pl. 03 (as Se ite pgs 
89, Russula melliolens Quél. Assoc. Fr. Av. Sci. Compte Rendu 26: 
449. 1898. 
_Pileus convex, then plane and frequently depressed in the center, rather large; surface 
variable in color, red, red-orange, incarnate or salmon, bay to bay-purple, or gray-violet, some- 
times with green intermixed, viscid when wet, glabrous; margin blunt, usually striate with 
age and sometimes sulcate: context white or rosy next to the cuticle, mild in taste, with a 
