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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  broad 
  lamellse 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  stem 
  or 
  flesh 
  not 
  becoming 
  yellowish- 
  

   spotted 
  where 
  touched. 
  

  

  Russula 
  ochrophylla 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  firm, 
  convex 
  becoming 
  expanded 
  and 
  often 
  somewhat 
  cen- 
  

   trally 
  depressed, 
  even 
  or 
  rarely 
  very 
  slightly 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  

   when 
  old, 
  purple 
  or 
  dark 
  purplish-red, 
  flesh 
  white, 
  purplish 
  under 
  the 
  

   adnate 
  cuticle, 
  taste 
  mild 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  entire, 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  forked 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  subdistant, 
  adnate, 
  at 
  first 
  yellowish, 
  at 
  length 
  bright 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous-buff, 
  dusted 
  by 
  the 
  spores 
  when 
  dry, 
  the 
  interspaces 
  somewhat 
  

   venose 
  ; 
  stem 
  equal 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  solid 
  or 
  spongy 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  reddish 
  

   or 
  rosy 
  tinted, 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  pileus 
  ; 
  spores 
  bright 
  ochraceous-bufif, 
  

   globose, 
  verruculose, 
  .0004 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  1.5 
  to 
  2.5 
  in. 
  long, 
  6 
  to 
  10 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Grassy 
  ground 
  under 
  oak 
  trees. 
  Menands. 
  July. 
  

  

  Var. 
  albipes 
  n. 
  var. 
  Pileus 
  deep 
  red; 
  stem 
  white; 
  otherwise 
  like 
  

   the 
  type. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  and 
  stem 
  this 
  is 
  

   almost 
  exactly 
  like 
  Russula 
  drimeia, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  Cooke's 
  Illustr. 
  

   pi. 
  1023. 
  It 
  also 
  agrees 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  points 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  

   that 
  species, 
  differing 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  lamellae 
  and 
  spores 
  and 
  

   in 
  its 
  mild 
  taste. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  with 
  some 
  hesitation 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  sep- 
  

   arated 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  The 
  flavor 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  a 
  character 
  

   of 
  such 
  prime 
  importance 
  in 
  distinguishing 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Russula 
  

   that 
  in 
  Massee's 
  recent 
  work, 
  British 
  Fungus 
  Flora, 
  all 
  the 
  British 
  

   species 
  are 
  grouped 
  in 
  two 
  Sections, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  depends 
  upon 
  its 
  

   species 
  having 
  a 
  mild 
  taste, 
  the 
  other, 
  an 
  acrid 
  one. 
  It 
  scarcely 
  seems 
  

   right 
  to 
  disregard 
  a 
  character 
  to 
  which 
  so 
  much 
  importance 
  has 
  been 
  

   given, 
  and 
  therefore 
  I 
  have 
  recognized 
  it. 
  In 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  R. 
  drimeia, 
  

   to 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  referred, 
  the 
  lamella 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  canary 
  yellow, 
  a 
  color 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  lamellse 
  of 
  our 
  plant. 
  In 
  it 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  

   first 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  but 
  when 
  mature 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  dried 
  state 
  both 
  they 
  and 
  

   the 
  spores 
  are 
  almost 
  exactly 
  the 
  color 
  called 
  in 
  Ridgway's 
  Nomen- 
  

   clature 
  of 
  Colors, 
  ochraceous-bufif. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  departure 
  they 
  

   are 
  a 
  shade 
  brighter. 
  

  

  The 
  mild 
  taste 
  of 
  our 
  plant 
  led 
  me 
  to 
  try 
  its 
  edible 
  qualities. 
  The 
  

   flavor 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  disagreeable, 
  but 
  the 
  firmness 
  of 
  the 
  flesh 
  was 
  

  

  