Russula astringens Burl. 1915

Russula astringens Burlingham, sp. nov
^ " Pileus broadly convex, then plane or a little depressed in the center, 9-11 cm. broad; surface blood-red-brown to red-brown, darker in the center, viscid when wet, with the pellicle separable on the margin, glabrous; margin even: context tinged like the surface next to the cuticle, otherwise white, firm, mild when young, bitter and more or less astringent when mature, not acrid at any time, odor somewhat fetid, more disagreeable in drying and persisting for a long time; lamellae white, then pale-yellow, equal or rarely with a few short ones, some forking near the stipe, sometimes midway to the margin or near the margin, broad at the outer ends, acute at the inner and slightly sinuate or depressed next to the stipe, close; stipe white or sometimes tmged with pink, solid, 3.5-5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. thick: spores maizeyellow, elliptic, echinulate, 5-6 X 7-8 11.
Type collected in sandy loam by the roadside at Buck Hill, Townshend, Vermont, August 30, 1912. Gertrude S. Burlingkam 365-1912 (herb. Burlingham) . Distribution: Townshend and Newfane, Vermont.