Russula sericeonitens Kauffman 1909

Russula sericeonitens C. H. Kauffman, Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci
11: 84. 1909.
Pileus convex, becoming plane or slightly depressed in the center, rather thin, 4-9 cm. broad; surface darkvioletpurple or ptu-plish-red, blackish-livid toward the center, viscid when moist, the pellicle separable, with a silky-sheen, margin even: context purplish next to the cuticle, otherwise white, unchanging, taste mild, odor none; lamellae white, slightly yellowish with age or in drying, equal, some forking near the stipe and occasionally part way to the margin, narrow at the inner ends, broad at the outer, rather broad, subcrowded; stipe white, equal or thickened at the apex, firm, then spongy, glabrous, even or obscurely rivulose, 3-7 cm. long, 1-1.3 cm. thick: spores white, globose, echinulate, 6-7 ju in diameter.
Type i^ocality: Michigan.
Habitat:' In mixed woods of hemlock, maple, and yellow birch or oak. Distribution: Michigan, Vermont, and New York.