Russula pulverulenta Peck 1902

Russula pulverulenta Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 70. 1902
Pileus rather thin, convex, soon centrally depressed or subumbilicate, 3-8 cm. broad; surface ochroleucous, then grayish-brown, pulverulent with pale-yellow, mealy scales or patches, viscid when wet, with separable pellicle; margin even at first, striate when mature: context white, the taste mild and somewhat disagreeable, the odor somewhat fetid; lamellae white, equal, not infrequently forking next to the stipe, venoseconnected, adnate, close; stipe white at the apex, elsewhere thickly beset with yellow dots or granules, subequal, spongystuffed, becoming hollow, 3-9 cm. long, 0.8-2 cm. thick: spores white, globose, about S fx in diameter.
Type locality: Michigan. Habitat: In mixed woods. Distribution: Vermont and Michigan.