Russula stricta Murrill 1912

Russula stricta Murrill, Mycologia 4: 166. 1912
Pileus firm, convex to expanded, becoming depressed in the center, 5 cm. or more broad; surface isabelline with testaceous and ochraceous hues, dry, viscid when wet, with pellicle partly separable, glabrous, smooth; margin striate, thin: context white, thin, firm, mild in taste, with pleasant odor; lamellae pale-cream-colored, a few forked, adnate, close, rather narrow; stipe milk-white, subequal, smooth, glabrous, polished, 5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick: spores white, subglobose, densely and roughly echinulate, 6-8 y. in diameter.
Type locality: New York Botanical Garden, New York. Habitat: On the ground in thin oak woods. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.