Russula fulvescens Burl. 1915

Russula fulvescens Burlingham, sp. nov
Pileus fleshy, convex, then a little depressed in the center, up to 8 cm. broad; surface varying from apricot-color on the margin to more yellowish and darker in the center, becoming fulvous in drying, viscid when moist, with the pellicle separable nearly to the center, glabrous, smooth and somewhat polished; margin even, then slightly striate-tuberculate on the extreme edge: context tinged like the surface next to the pellicle, otherwise white, mild, without noticeable odor; lamellae white, then cream-colored, deeper yellow in drying, mostly equal, some forking next to the stipe, abruptly narrowed at the inner ends, venoseconnected, up to 1 cm. broad, close; stipe white or very slightly sordid on one side, glabrous, subequal, spongy within, 4r-6'cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick: spores pale-yellow, mostly elliptic, obliquely apiculate, strongly echinulate, usually with a vacuole, 7-8.7 X 9-12 ii.
Type collected in spruce and balsam fir woods at Stratton, Vermont, August 12, 1911, Gertrude S, Burlingham 129-1911 (herb. Burlingham) .
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.