Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pluteus longistriatus (Peck) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 670. 1887
Agaricus longistriatus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 30: 40. 1878.
Pileus thin, convex or expanded, not umbonate, 2.5-4 cm. broad; surface dry, cinereous or whitish, striate to the disk, which is usually darker than the margin and minutely squamulose or hairy; lamellae broad, ventricose, white, becoming salmon-colored; spores globose, smooth, 5-7 fx; stipe equal, glabrous, white, about 5 cm. long and 2 mm. thick, sometimes reaching 4 mm.
Type locality: Albany, New York.
Habitat: On decaying wood.
Distribution: New York to Alabama and west to Ohio.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
