Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Naucoria argillosa (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 838
1887.
Agaricus argillosus Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 12: 421. 1853.
Pileus at first convex, firm, subcoriaceous when dry, 5-7.5 cm. broad, with the habit of Gymnopus camosus; surface smooth, pale-brownish-yellow, margin inflexed; lamellae adnexed, much crowded, narrow, white to argillaceous; spores copious, pale-argillaceous, ellipsoid, subcymbiform, rather minute; stipe cartilaginous, radicate, attenuate below, white, hollow, 10 cm. long, 7 mm. thick.
Typs locality: South Carolina. Habitat: On the ground in woods. Distribution: North Carolina and South Carolina.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
