Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill
"? Agaricus melleus Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: Ind. 20. 1774. Agaricus dryophilus Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 434. 1789. Collybia dryophila Quel. Champ. Jin-a Vosg. 61. 1872.
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, sometimes with the margin elevated, irregular, obtuse, commonly gregarious, 2.5-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, varying in color, commonly some shade of bay-red or tan-color: context white, edible; lamellae narrow, crowded, adnexed or almost free, white or whitish, rarely yellowish; spores ellipsoid, 6-7.5 X 3-4 ^u: stipe glabrous, yellowish or rufescent, commonly similar in color to the pileus, equal or sometimes thickened at the base, cartilaginous, hollow, 2.5-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality: France.
Habitat: In woods, groves, and open places.
Distribution: Greenland to Alabama and west to the Pacific coast, and in eastern Mexico; also in Europe.
- 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
