Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe brunnescens Murrill, Mycologia 5: 208. 1913
Pileus rather thin, slightly depressed, rarely infundibuliform, reaching 4 cm. broad; surface slightly viscid when moist, smooth, glabrous, dullavellaneous, margin entire, concolorous: context thin, whitish, with strongly farinaceous odor: lamellae decurrent, subcrowded, narrow, duU-avellaneous, becoming dark-fuliginous, especially on the edges: spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 3-3.5 /*: stipe subequal, smooth, glabrous, concolorous above, whitish-tomentose below, stuffed or hollow, 3-4 cm. long, 4-7 mm. thick.
Type locality: Seattle, Washington.
Habitat: Among sticks in woods.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- 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
