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Russula magnifica n. sp. 



PLATE N, FIG. 1-4 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex and umbilicate when young, cen- 

 trally depressed or infundibuliform when mature, glabrous, viscid 

 when young and moist, even, but the cuticle sometimes rimose 

 squamose in the center, even on the margin, the thin pellicle sub- 

 separable, flesh white or whitish, odor and taste alkaline, strong 

 and disagreeable; lamellae narrow, crowded, unequal, adnate or 

 slightly decurrent, whitish with a faint pinkish reflection, becom- 

 ing reddish brown where bruised and rusty brown when old; 

 stem equal or narrowed downward, solid, becoming spongy or 

 sometimes cavernous within when old, white; spores white, even 

 or nearly so, subglobose, .0003-.0004 of an inch long, .00025-.0003 

 broad. 



Pileus 4-10 inches broad; stem 2-5 inches long, 8-18 lines 

 thick. Among fallen leaves in woods. Port Jefferson. August., 



This is the largest species of Russula known to me. It is 

 related to R. delica and R. brevipes, from which its large 

 size, peculiar odor and viscid pileus separate it. Sometimes the 

 surface of the pileus is irregularly spotted with small unequal 

 depressions or cavities. The odor persists in the dried specimens. 



Russula earlei n. sp. 



PLATE N, FIG. o-lO 



Pileus fleshy, firm, hemispheric, becoming broadly convex or 

 nearly plane, sometimes centrally depressed, glabrous, very viscid, 

 the margin even when young but sometimes rimose and uneven 

 when old, stramineous, becoming paler with age, flesh whitish 

 or yellowish, taste mild ; lamellae thick, distant, adnate, with a 

 few intermediate short ones near the margin, whitish becoming 

 yellowish; stem short, firm, equal or nearly so. solid, becoming 

 spongy within, white; spores white, subglobose, .0002-.00024 of 

 an inch broad. 



Pileus 1.5-2.5 inches broad; stem 1-1.5 inches long, 3-5 lines 

 thick. Among fallen leaves in woods. Port Jefferson. August. 

 The spores of this species are unusually small for the genus. 

 This character, with the pale glutinous pileus and distant lamel- 

 lae, marks the species as very distinct. I take pleasure in dedi- 

 cating it to its discoverer. Professor F. S. Earle. 



