Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hydrocybe ceracea (Wulfen) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk
234. 1879.
Agaricus ceraceus Wulfen in Jacq. Misc. Austr. 2: 105. 1781. Hygrophorus ceraceus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 330. 1838.
Pileus thin, fragile, convex to plane, obtuse, 1-3 cm. broad; surface viscid, striatulate, pale-yellow, the color of wax: context concolorous; lamellae adnate or slightly decurrent, distant, very broad, concolorous: spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 7-9 X 4-6/*: stipe usually equal, straight, rarely fiexuous, shining, concolorous, hollow, 3-8 cm. long, 3-5 mm. thick.
Type locality: Austria.
Habitat: Among mosses or grasses.
Distribution: Eastern temperate North America; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
