Melanoleuca oreades Murrill 1913

Melanoleuca oreades Murrill, Mycologia 5: 218. 1913
Tricholoma oreades Murrill, Mycologia 5: 223. 1913.
Pileus becoming broadly convex or plane to somewhat depressed, large, fleshy, growing in
circles, subcespitose at times, reaching 15 cm. broad; surface dry, smooth, slightly silky-stria te,
pale-avellaneous; context with an agreeable, nutty flavor and an odor somewhat suggestive of
skunk cabbage ; lamellae slightly sinuate, crowded, narrow, white, discolored on drying ; spores
ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 6-7X4-5 /*; stipe cylindric, solid, fleshy, white or pale-avellaneous,
5-8 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick.
Type locality: Tacoma, Washington.
Habitat: In the edge of woods on the border of a lake.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.