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Pluteolus expansus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 46:
139 (59). 1893.
Agaricus expansus Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1: 52. 1873. Galera expansa Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 870. 1887.
Pileus submembranous, expanded or centrally depressed, 2.5-5 cm. broad; surface viscid, brownish-ocher, sometimes tinged with yellow and pink hues, plicate-striate on the margin; context thin, watery-yellow, the taste mild; lamellae crowded, just free or slightly attached, ferruginous; spores 11 X 7 n; stipe long, equal, hollow, slightly pruinose, faintly striate, yellow, 7.5-10 cm. long, 2 mm. thick.
Type locality: Sandlake, New York. Habitat: On decaying wood or on the ground. Distribution : New England and New York.
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William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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