REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 
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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, solid or spongy within, white; 
spores subglobose, .0003 to .00035 in. broad. 
Pileus 1 to 1.5 in. broad; stem 1 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 pellicle 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 Rigidse, notwithstanding the fragile 
character of its pileus and its distinctly striate margin. 
Russula pusiila 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 1 in. broad; stem 6 to 12 lines 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, 
