Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Melanoleuca naucoria Murrill
Agaricus {Tricholoma) fallax Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1: 44. 1873. Not A.fallax Lasch,
1829.
Pileus firm, convex or nearly plane, rarely centrally depressed, 0.5-1.5 cm. broad; surface moist in wet weather, glabrous, dull-saffron, subochraceous, or reddish-yellow; context yellowish when dry; lamellae narrow, close, tapering outwardly, rounded behind, yellow; spores minute, ellipsoid, 3-4 fx long ; stipe slender, glabrous, slightly tomentose at the base, equal or tapering downward, stuffed or hollow, concolorous above, 2.5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality: North Klba, New York. Habitat: Ground under spruce and balsam trees. Distribution: New York, Vermont, and Maine.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
