Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Russula corallina Burlingham, sp. nov
Pileus convex, then depressed in the center with the margin arched, 4.5 cm. broad; surface pale-rosy-pink, unevenly colored, viscid when moist, soon dry and c^ensely pruinose, the cuticle breaking up into granules, exposing the creamwhite context beneath; margin even: context mild at first, becoming acrid; lamellae white, equal, rounded at the outer ends, narrow but slightly adnate behind and forking, close; stipe white faintly tinged with pink, tapering downward, becoming hollow: spores white, elliptic, slightly echinulate, 7 X 8.7 m-
Type collected on sandy loam in mixed woods at Newfane, Vermont, August 9, 1910, Gertrude S. Burlingham 62-1910 (herb. Burlingham).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
