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Pileus scarcely i inch broad; stem 6-12 lines long", 2-3 lines thick. 



Naked ground in woods. Suffolk county. July. Rare. 



This is the smallest russula known to me. The coloring matter 

 of the pileus produces red stains on moist paper when the pileus is 

 rubbed over the paper. 



Russula flaviceps Pk. 



YELLOW CAP RUSSULA 

 State Mus. Rep't 53. 1900. p. 843. 



Pileus convex or centrally depressed, glabrous, covered with a 

 thin viscid separable pellicle, even on the margin when young, 

 slightly tuberculose striate when old, pale yellow, flesh white, taste 

 mild or slightly acrid; lamellae close, narrow, adnate or slightly 

 rounded behind, pale yellow becoming more yellow and dusted by 

 the spores with age; stem equal or nearly so, stuffed or spongy 

 within, white; spores yellow, subglobose, .0003 of an inch long. 



Pileus 2-4 inches broad; stem 1.5-2.5 inches long, 4-8 lines thick. 



Woods. Sullivan county. August. Rare. 



Distinguished from R. citrina Gih. and R. fingibilis 

 Britz. by its yellow lamellae, and from R . 1 u t e a Fr. by its striate 

 margin and paler yellow lamellae and spores. 



Russula lutea (Huds.) Fr. 



YELLOW RUSSULA 



Pileus thin, rather firm, convex becoming plane or centrally de- 

 pressed, viscid when moist, even on the margin, beautifully yellow 

 becoming paler with age, flesh white, taste mild; lamellae narrow, 

 close, free, equal, bright ochraceous ; stem equal or tapering upward, 

 soft, stuffed or hollow, white ; spores yellow, globose or subglobose, 

 .0003-.0004 of an inch long, nearly or quite as broad. 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad ; stem 1-2 inches long, 3-5 lines thick. 



Woods. Essex county. August. Rare. This pretty species 

 has been found by me but once. «. 



Russula roseipes (Seer.) Bres. 

 ROSY STEM RUSSULA 

 Pileus thin, convex becoming plane or slightly depressed in the 

 center, slightly viscid, soon dry, slightly striate on the thin margin, 

 reddish flesh color, rosy red or rosy orange, flesh white or yellowish, 

 taste mild; lamellae equal, close, sometimes forked near the stem, 

 free or adnexed, with a decurrent tooth, whitish becoming yellow; 

 stem equal or tapering upward, stuffed or cavernous, reddish or 



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