Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Inocybe violaceifolia Peck, Ann. Rep N. Y. State Mus. 41: 66. 1888.
Pileus thin, subconic, then convex to nearly plane, obsoletely umbonate, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface dry, flocculose-fibrillose, at length subscaly, grayish; lamellae adnexed, close, at first paleviolaceous, then brownish-cinnamon; stipe slender, equal, solid, fibriUose, white or whitish, 2-3 cm. long, 2 mm. thick; spores ellipsoid, smooth, inequilateral, 7-9 X 4.5-5.5 fi; cystidia of thin-walled type, subcylindric to sub ventricose, roimded at the apex, on a short pedicel, scattered on the sides, abundant and often capitate on the edges of the lamellae, 45-55 X 12-
15 ju.
Type locality : Selkirk, New York. Habitat: On mossy ground in woods. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill, Calvin Henry Kauffman, Lee Oras Overholts. 1924. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars), INOCYBE, PHOLIOTA. North American flora. vol 10(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY