96 AGARICINI. 



R. subdepallens. Pk. 



Pileus, fleshy, convex, then expanded or centrally de- 

 pressed, margin entire at first, then tuberculate striated, blood 

 red, or purplish red, mottled with yellowish spots, becoming 

 paler, or almost white with age, often irregular, fleshy, fragile, 

 white, becoming cinereus wnth age, taste mild. 



Gills, broad, subdistant, adnate, white, the interspaces 

 venose. 



Stem, stout, solid, spongy. 



Spores, white, globose, rough, size .0003 inch broad. 



Closely related to R. depallens, from which it differs in 



having the margin striated, and pileus being spotted at first, 



the gills more distant. 



This species was discovered by myself some years ago, near Trexler- 

 town, under a hickory tree. It has returned every season from June to 

 November. Peck's new species, copied from Torrey Botanical Club, 1896. 



R. lactea. Fr. Milky Russula. 



Pileus, convex, campanulate, often excentric, dry, without 

 a viscid pellicle, cracked when old, margin straight, even, 

 obtuse, milk white at first, then tan white, throughout com- 

 pactly fleshy, flesh white. 



Gills, free, very broad, thick, distant, forked white. 



Stem, solid, compact at first, then spongy, always pure 

 white. 



Chaparral wood. 



R. virescens. Fr. The Green Russula. 



Pileus, orbicular, from three to four inches broad, innate 

 flocculose. The prominent color is greenish, w^ith a faint tinge 

 of yellow towards the margin ; umbilicate when full grown ; 

 margin not always entire, as the European description gives it. 

 But more frequently slightly striated. 



