REPORT. OF THE STATE BOTANIST I906 9I 



margin when mature, pale ochraceous, sometimes more highly col- 

 ored in the center, flesh white, taste acrid ; lamellae nearly equal, 

 some forked near the stem, broader anteriorly, yellowish ; stem equal 

 or slightly tapering upward, spongy within, rarely hollow, colored 

 like the pileus or a little paler; spores white, globose or nearly so, 

 .0003 of an inch broad. 



Pileus 1-3 inches broad; stem 2-3 inches long, 4-9 lines thick. 



Woods. Adirondack region. August and September. 



Related to R. ochroleuca (Pers.) Fr. and R. claro- 

 flava Grove but differing from both in having the stem pale 

 ochraceous. It may be separated from R. o c h r a c e a (A. & S.) 

 Fr. by its acrid taste and white flesh and spores. From R. f e 1 1 e a 

 Fr. which it most closely resembles, the similarity justifying the 

 specific name, it scarcely differs except in having the lamellae and 

 stem pale ochraceous from the first, and the flesh white. 



Russula anomala Pk. 



ANOMALUS RUSSULA 

 State Mus. Rep't 50. 1897. p. 99. 



Pileus thin, fragile, nearly plane or slightly depressed in the 

 center, dry, striate on the margin, white, sometimes tinged with 

 yellow, flesh white, taste acrid ; lamellae thin, moderately close, 

 adnate, equal or with an occasional short one, white, dusted with 

 the white spores when dry; stem equal, solid or spongy v/ithin, 

 white; spores subglobose, .0003-.00035 of an inch long, nearly or 

 quite as broad. 



Pileus 1-1.5 inches broad; stem 1-1.5 inches long, 3-4 lines 

 thick. 



Damp ground under trees. Suffolk county. July. Rare. 



The anomalous character of this species is found in the pileus 

 which is destitute of the viscid separable pellicle characteristic of 

 this subgenus. Notwithstanding the absence of this character, the 

 fragile pileus with its thin striate margin and the nearly equal 

 lamellae point to this as its proper place in the genus. From 

 R. fragilis nivea (Pers.) Cke. which it closely resembles it 

 may be distinguished by its dry pileus, adnate lamellae and solid 

 stem. Found but once. 



