﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  99 
  

  

  Russula 
  anomala 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin, 
  fragile, 
  nearly 
  plane 
  or 
  somewhat 
  centrally 
  depressed, 
  

   with 
  no 
  viscid 
  or 
  separable 
  pellicle, 
  distinctly 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  

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

   entire 
  or 
  with 
  an 
  occasional 
  short 
  one 
  intervening, 
  white, 
  dusted 
  with 
  

   the 
  white 
  spores 
  when 
  dry; 
  stem 
  equal, 
  soHd 
  or 
  spongy 
  within, 
  white; 
  

   spores 
  subglobose, 
  .0003 
  to 
  .00035 
  i^- 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  I 
  to 
  1.5 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  i 
  to 
  1.5 
  in. 
  long, 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Damp 
  ground 
  under 
  trees. 
  Port 
  Jefferson. 
  July. 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  has 
  the 
  fragile 
  pileus 
  and 
  striate 
  margin 
  characteristic 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribe 
  Fragiles, 
  but 
  its 
  pileus 
  is 
  destitute 
  of 
  the 
  viscid 
  separ- 
  

   able 
  pelHcle 
  which 
  also 
  belongs 
  to 
  species 
  of 
  that 
  tribe. 
  If 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  

   viscid 
  pileus 
  it 
  would 
  approach 
  Russula 
  fragilis 
  so 
  closely 
  that 
  it 
  

   might 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  white 
  variety 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  It 
  will 
  probably 
  

   be 
  better 
  to 
  refer 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  tribe 
  Rigidas, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  fragile 
  

   character 
  of 
  its 
  pileus 
  and 
  its 
  distinctly 
  striate 
  margin. 
  

  

  Russula 
  pusilla 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  very 
  thin, 
  nearly 
  plane 
  or 
  slightly 
  and 
  umbilicately 
  de- 
  

   pressed 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  glabrous, 
  slightly 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  red, 
  

   sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  the 
  thin 
  pellicle 
  separable, 
  

   flesh 
  white, 
  taste 
  mild; 
  lamellae 
  broad 
  for 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  sub- 
  

   ventricose, 
  subdistant, 
  adnate 
  or 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  white, 
  

   becoming 
  yellowish-ochraceous 
  in 
  drying; 
  stem 
  short, 
  soft, 
  solid 
  or 
  

   spongy 
  within, 
  white; 
  spores 
  faintly 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow, 
  .0003 
  in. 
  

   broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  scarcely 
  i 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  6 
  to 
  12 
  Hues 
  long, 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  

  

  Bare 
  ground 
  in 
  thin 
  woods. 
  Port 
  Jefferson. 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  coloring 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  may 
  be 
  rubbed 
  upon 
  paper 
  and 
  

   produce 
  on 
  it 
  red 
  stains 
  if 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  previously 
  moistened 
  with 
  

   water 
  or 
  dilute 
  alcohol. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  smallest 
  Russulas 
  known 
  

   to 
  me. 
  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  inch 
  broad 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  less 
  than 
  

   an 
  inch 
  long 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  seen 
  by 
  me. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  to 
  R. 
  puellaris, 
  and 
  especially 
  resembles 
  the 
  variety 
  intensior 
  in 
  

   color. 
  It 
  differs 
  in 
  its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  even 
  or 
  but 
  slightly 
  striate 
  margin. 
  

  

  