Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gymnopilus edulis (Peck) Murrill
Flammula edulis Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 142. 1897.
Pileus fleshy, convex, obtuse, cespitose, 5-7.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, moist, brown, grayish-brown, or alutaceous-brown, sometimes rimose; context whitish, slightly bitter, edible; lamellae rather broad, crowded, decurrent, bright-tan-colored, becoming brownish-ferruginous ; spores subellipsoid, 12.5 X 5-6 /*; stipe equal, stuffed or hollow, brown, 5-7.5 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick.
Type locality: Haddonfield, New Jersey. Habitat: Grassy ground on street borders. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
