Parvt 4, 1915] AGARICACEAE 229 
farinaceous odor noticeable when drying; lamellae white or cream-white, changing to brownish- 
ochraceous with age, equal, rarely forking, sometimes connected, rounded and broad in front, 
narrowed behind, free or subfree; stipe white, rarely rose-colored, pulverulent when young: 
spores cream-colored, subglobose, nearly smooth, but under high magnification appearing 
tuberculate and reticulate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. 
Hasitat: On the ground in woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: Asheville, North Carolina; also in Europe 
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90. Russula fulvescens Burlingham, sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then a little depressed in the center, up to 8 cm. broad; surface 
varying from apricot-color on the margin to more yellowish and darker in the center, becoming 
fulvous in drying, viscid when moist, with the pellicle separable nearly to the center, glabrous, 
smooth and somewhat polished; margin even, then slightly striate-tuberculate on the extreme 
edge: context tinged like the surface next to the pellicle, otherwise white, mild, without notice- 
able odor; lamellae white, then cream-colored, deeper yellow in drying, mostly equal, some 
forking next to the stipe, abruptly narrowed at the inner ends, venose-connected, up to 1 cm. 
broad, close; stipe white or very slightly sordid on one side, glabrous, subequal, spongy within, 
4-6'cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick: spores pale-yellow, mostly elliptic, obliquely apiculate, strongly 
echinulate, usually with a vacuole, 7-8.7 X 9-12 np. 
Type collected in spruce and balsam fir woods at Stratton, Vermont, August 12, 1911, Gertrude 
S. Burlingham 129-1911 (herb. Burlingham). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
91. Russula rubrotincta (Peck) Burlingham, sp. nov. 
Russula integra rubrotincta Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 54: 164. 1901. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then spreading and somewhat depressed in the center, up to 13 cm. 
broad; surface Morocco-red, varying to Dragon’s blood and Mars-orange, often apricot-yellow 
in the center, viscid when wet, polished when dry, the cuticle separable on the margin, gla- 
brous; margin incurved at first, even, then somewhat striate-tuberculate when mature, thin: 
context reddish next to the cuticle, otherwise white, firm, becoming fragile, the taste mild 
and sweetish; lamellae white at first, becoming pale-yellow, the edges sometimes red, 
mostly equal, many forking next to the stipe, venose-connected, acute at the inner ends, 
rounded at the outer ends, close, broad; stipe tinged more or less with red, sometimes nearly 
white, equal or tapering upward, firm, then spongy, 5-9 em. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick: spores 
pale-yellow, elliptic, strongly echinulate, 8-9 X 16.5-12 u. 
TYPE LocaLity: New York. 
Hasirat: In moist woods of spruce, fir, hemlock, maple, and yellow birch. 
DristRispurion: New England and New York. 
92. Russula maxima Burlingham, sp. nov. 
Pileus convex to expanded, depressed in the center when mature, up to 22 cm. broad: 
surface smooth, viscid when wet, with pellicle separable in part, dark-purple, almost black on 
the disk, glabrous; margin even: context white, mild, without special odor; lamellae white, 
becoming pale-yellow, sinuate, close, broad, densely pruinose; stipe rose-colored, equal, solid, 
10 cm. long, 2.5-3 cm. thick: spores cream-colored in mass, broadly elliptic, echinulate, 7-8.5 
 8.7-10.5 pn, 
Type collected on the ground under evergreen and deciduous trees at Tacoma, Washington, 
October 26, 1911, W. A. Murrill 721 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DrstTRIBUTION: Washington. 
93. Russula pusilla Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 50: 99. 1897. 
Pileus very thin, nearly plane or slightly umbilicate in the center, 2-4 cm. broad; sur- 
face red, sometimes darker in the center, viscid when wet, with separable cuticle, glabrous; 
margin slightly striate: context white, mild, edible; lamellae white, becoming yellowish- 
