Leucosporae 



Spores faintly tinged with yellow, 7.6/x, broad. Eussuia. 



PileilS scarcely I in. broad. Stem 6-12 lines long, 2-3 lines thick. 



Bare ground in thin woods. Port Jefferson. July. 



The coloring matter of the pileus may be rubbed upon paper and 

 produce on it red stains if the surface is previously moistened with water 

 or dilute alcohol. This is one of the smallest Russulas known to me. 

 The pileus was less than an inch broad and the stem less than an inch 

 long in all the specimens seen by me. The species is closely allied to 

 R. puellaris, and especially resembles the variety intensior in color. It 

 differs in its smaller size, even or but slightly striate margin, broad 

 lamellae and in the stem or flesh not becoming yellowish spotted where 

 touched. Peck, 5oth Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



West Virginia, 1881-1885. Pennsylvania, 1896-1897. July to 

 September. Mcllvaine. 



It makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity. 



R. rose'ipes (Seer.) Bres. rosa, a rose; pes, a foot. (Plate 

 XLIV, fig. 5, p. 184.) PileilS 12 in. broad, convex becoming nearly 

 plane or slightly depressed, at first viscid, soon dry, becoming slightly 

 striate on the thin margin, rosy-red variously modified by pink orange 

 or ochraceous hues, sometimes becoming paler with age, taste mild. 

 Grills moderately close, nearly entire, rounded behind and slightly 

 adnexed, ventricose, whitish becoming yellow. Stem 1*2-3 in. long, 

 3-4 lines thick, slightly tapering upward, stuffed or somewhat cavern- 

 ous, white tinged with red. 



Spores yellow, globose or subglobose. 



The plants grow in woods of pine and hemlock and have been col- 

 lected in July and August. The flesh is tender and agreeable in flavor. 

 Peck, Sist Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores globose, minutely echinulate, pale ochraceous, 8-io/z diameter 

 Mas see. 



R. roseipes is common in West Virginia under hemlocks and spruces. 

 At Mt. Gretna, Pa., it grew sparingly under pines. It is excellent. 



R. Ma'riSB Pk. PileilS fleshy, convex, subumbilicate, at length ex- 

 panded and centrally depressed, minutely pulverulent, bright pink-red 

 (crimson lake), the disk a little darker, margin even. Lamellse rather 



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