Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Russula flaviceps Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 53: 843
1900.
Pileus convex, then expanding and slightly depressed in the center, 5-10 cm. broad; surface amber-yellow to golden-yellow, viscid, with separable pellicle, glabrous; margin even when young, faintly striate when old: context white, mild or slightly acrid; lamellae white, soon becoming Naples-yellow and dusted with the spores, equal, simple, adnate or slightly rounded next to the stipe, broader at the outer ends, rather narrow, close; stipe white, equal or nearly so, stuffed or spongy within, 4r-6.5 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick: spores maize-yellow to pitchpin, subglobose, about 8 M in diameter.
Type locality: Sullivan County, New York.
Habitat: In deciduous woods.
Distribution: New York, Vermont, and the Pacific coast.
- 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
