Russula vinosa Lindblad 1901

Russula obscura Romell, Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 48: 179. 1891
Russula vinosa Lindbl. Svampbok 67. 1901.
PUeus convex, then plane to centrally depressed, .usually up to 7 cm. broad, rarely much larger; surface dull-dark-red, often blackish in the center, viscid when wet, slightly pruinose when dry; margin even, slightly striate with age; context white, becoming ashy-gray with age or where bruised, mild in taste; lamellae white, then pale-yellow, equal, some forking next to the stipe, venose-connected, abruptly narrowed or rounded behind and slightly adnexed, close, rather broad; stipe white, sometimes tinged with red, becoming gray or blackish with age or where bruised, mostly equal, firm but spongy within, 4-6 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick: spores ochroleucous, elliptic, finely echinulate, 7 X 8.7 At.
Type locawty: Sweden.
Habitat: Usually in coniferous woods. . 1 • t?
Distribution: New England States, New York, Mississippi, and Washington; also m l^urope.