Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe phyllophiloides Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 167:
19. 1913.
Pileu; thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, soon centrally depressed or subumbilicate, solitary, 2.5-6.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, pure-white or sometimes with a slight yellowish tint at the center: context white, the taste mildly farinaceous, the odor none; lamellae thin, narrow, close, adnate or subdecurrent, white becoming pallid with age: spores 4-5 X 2-4 ^u: stipe short, equal, solid, white with a white mass of tomentum at the base, 2.5-4 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type i^ocaIvITy: Constableville, New York. Habitat: Among fallen leaves in spruce 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