Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe inversa (Scop.) Qu61. Champ. Jura Vosg. 214. 1872
Agaricus inversus Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2. 2: 445. 1772. Agaricus gilvus Pers. Syn. Fung. 448. 1801.
Agaricus {Clitocybe) maculosus Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1: 45. 1873. Not A. maculosus Pers. 1801. Agaricus (Clitocybe) suhzonalis Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1: 46. 1873, Clitocyhe biformis Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 150: 25. 1911.
Pileus fleshy, convex, becoming infundibuliform, obtuse, fragile, gregarious or cespitose, 5-8 cm. broad; surface glabrous, moist when fresh, brick-colored, reddish, or tan-colored, margin thin, involute: context yellowish; lamellae crowded, simple, decurrent, pallid or yellowish, becoming reddish: spores 4.5-5 X 3-4 m: stipe equal or nearly so, slightly rigid, spongystuffed or hollow, glabrous, whitish, often tomentose at the base, 4-8 cm. long, 4r-8 mm. thick.
Type locality: Carniola.
Habitat: In humus in woods or groves.
Distribution; Northern United States from Maine to New York and west to Washington and
California; 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
