REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1899 



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Russula flaviceps n. sp. 



PLATE C, fig. 6-IO 



Pileus convex or centrally depressed, glabrous, viscid, even on the 

 margin when young, slightly tuberculose striate when old, the thin 

 pellicle separable, pale yellow, flesh white, taste mild or slightly 

 acrid; lamellae close, narrow, adnate, slightly rounded behind, pale 

 yellow becoming more yellow and dusted with spores; stem equal 

 or nearly so, stuffed or spongy within, white; spores yellow, sub- 

 globose, .0003 of an inch broad. 



Pileus 2 to 4 inches broad; stem 1.5 to 2.5 inches long, 4 to 8 lines 

 thick. Woods. Claryville. August. 



This species belongs to the tribe F r a g i 1 e s . From R. ochro- 

 leuca it may be separated by its yellow lamellae and spores. 



Russula aeruginascens n. sp. 



Pileus convex, becoming umbilicate or centrally depressed, gla- 

 brous, viscid when moist, even on the margin, greenish or yellowish 

 green, flesh white, taste tardily acrid; lamellae narrow, close, many 

 of them once or twice forked, adnate or slightly decurrent, white; 

 stem equal, spongy within, white; spores white, subglobose, .0003 of 

 an inch broad. 



Pileus 2 to 3 inches broad; stem 1 to 2 inches long, 6 to 10 lines 

 thick. Woods. Claryville. August. 



This species closely resembles R. aeruginea, from which it is 

 separated by its acrid taste, its even margin and its close forked 

 lamellae. 



Russula granulata n. sp. 



PLATE C, fig. /-J 



Pileus convex, becoming nearly plane or centrally depressed, viscid 

 when moist, rough with minute granules or squamules, finely tuber- 

 culate striate on the margin, dingy yellow tinged with red or brown, 

 flesh white or whitish, taste acrid ; lamellae thin, close, adnate, many 

 of them forked at the base, whitish; stem equal or abruptly con- 

 tracted at the top, glabrous, spongy within, whitish ; spores subglo- 

 bose, .0003 of an inch broad. 



Pileus 2 to 3 inches broad ; stem 1 to 1.5 of an inch long, 6 to 8 lines 

 thick. Woods. Denning, Ulster co. August. Rare. 



