Russula modesta Peck 1907

Russula modesta Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 116: 78. 1907
Pileus firm but thin and flexible, broadly convex, becoming nearly plane or depressed in the center, 2.5-6.5 cm, broad; surface greenishgray, dry, minutely pruinose-tomentose, noticeably so under a lens; margin even or obscurely striate: context white, taste mild; lamellae white, becoming cream-colored or darker in drying, a few short, many forked behind, venose-connected, narrowed toward the stipe, adnate or slightly decurrent, close; stipe white, nearly equal, solid, glabrous, 2.5 to nearly 4 cm. long, up to 1.2 cm. thick: spores maize-yellow, subglobose, nearly smooth, 5-6 X 7 tx.
Type locawty: Albany County, New York.
Habitat: Woods.
Distribution: New York and Vermont.