Clitopilus erythrosporus Peck 1888

Pleuropus erythrosporus (Peck) Murrill
Clitopilus erythrosporus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 41: 64. 1888.
Pileus thin, hemispheric or strongly convex, 2.5-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous or merely pruinose, grayish-incarnate; context whitish with an incarnate tint, the taste farinaceous; lamellae narrow, crowded, arcuate, strongly deciurent, concolorous; spores ellipsoid, rosy-red, 5 X 3-4 /x; stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, slightly pruinose at the apex, concolorous, 2.5-3.5 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick.
Type locality: CatskiU Mountains, New York.
Habitat: On decayed wood and among fallen leaves in woods.
Distribution: New York.