Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Melanoleuca transmutans (Peck) Murrill
Agaricus {Tricholoma) transmutans Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: 38. 1878.
Pileus convex, cespitose, 5-10 cm. broad; surface nearly glabrous, viscid when moist, brownish, reddish-brown, or tawny-red, usually paler on the margin; context white, taste and odor farinaceous; lamellae narrow, close, sometimes branched, whitish or pale-yellowish, becoming dingy or reddish-spotted when old; spores globose to subglobose, smooth, hyaline, granular, 4r-5.fi; stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, glabrous or slightly silky-fibrillose, stuffed or hollow, whitish, often marked with reddish stains or becoming reddish-brown toward the base, white within, 7.5-10 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick.
Type locality: Sandlake, New York.
Habitat: Ground in coniferous woods.
Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
