Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe atrialba Murrill, Mycologia 5: 207. 1913
Pileus convex to slightly depressed and at length infundibuliform, regular in outline, solitary or gregarious, reaching 6 cm. broad; surface at first smooth, glabrous, dry, fuliginous-ater, becoming fiinely imbricate from the breaking up of the cuticle; margin entire, concolorou^, strongly inflexed on drying: context thin, white, tough, with mild flavor; lamellae decurrent, not crowded, white, becoming grayishdiscolore d : spores globose to subglobose, smooth, hyaline, granular, 8.5-10 X 7-8 m: stipe equal or sUghtly tapering upward, flattened or twisted at times, dry, furfuraceous or flnely scabrous, avellaneous, hollow, with rather tough rind, 5-10 cm. long, 6-10 mm. thick.
Type locawty: Seattle, Washington. Habitat: On decayed buried wood in woods. Distribution: Washington and California.
- 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
