Peck: New species of fungi 215 



In woods. Near St. Louis, Missouri. September. N. M. 

 Glatfelter. 



This species is related to R. uncialis Peck, from which it 

 may be distinguished by its smaller spores and by its tough stem 

 becoming black where bruised. The stem is sometimes slightly 

 tinged with red at the base. The change of color in the stem is 

 a peculiar feature by which the species may easily be recognized. 

 It is suggestive of the specific name. 



Russula subvelutina 



Pileus firm, convex or slightly depressed in the center, dry, 

 minutely pubescent or velvety tomentose, even on the margin, 

 dark-red or crimson, sometimes a little darker in the center, cuticle 

 adnate, flesh white, thick, taste sweet ; lamellae moderately close, 

 adnate, sometimes forked at the base, white, becoming creamy- 

 yellow, the interspaces venose ; stem equal or tapering downward, 

 stuffed or spongy within, not polished, white tinged with red; 

 spores nearly smooth, subglobose, pale-yellow, 7-10 fi broad. 



Pileus q-i 1 cm. broad; stem 5-10 cm. long, 10-15 mm. 

 thick. 



Near St. Louis, Missouri. August. This is one of our most 

 beautiful red russulas. N. M. Glatfelter. 



Externally it resembles R. ochrophylla Peck, from which it may 

 be separated by its less glabrous pileus and its paler spores and 

 lamellae. 



Lentinus obconicus 



Pileus obconic, fleshy, sometimes slightly depressed in the cen- 

 ter, whitish, with tawny-brown squamules in the center, flesh 



white 



very 



tate on the edge ; stem long, flexuous, solid, whitish at the top, 

 tawny-brown and squamose toward the base ; spores oblong, 8-io/* 

 long, 4-5 n broad. 



Pileus 2.5-6 cm. broad; stem 5-8 cm. long, 6-10 mm. thick. 



Cespitose ; decaying wood in a lumber yard. Minneapolis, 

 Minnesota. M. S. Whetstone. 



The thick flesh and obconic shape of the pileus with the long 

 decurrent lamellae are the prominent distinguishing characters of 

 this species. The flesh of the dried specimens cuts easily. The 



i of the pileus are smaller than in L. lepideus Fr. It is closely 



scale 



cyathift 



