Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pluteus leoninus (Schaeff.) Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 82. 1872
Agaricus leoninus Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: Ind. 21. 1774.
Pileus thin, campanulate, becoming convex or expanded, Z~S cm. broad; surface even, glabrous, moist or subhygrophanous, yeUow or reddish-yeUow, margin striate; lamellae rather broad, rounded behind, yellowish throughout or only on the edges, becoming flesh-colored; spores broadly ellipsoid, 7-8 X 6 ju; stipe equal, solid, slightly striate, white or yellowish, about 5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type locauty: Bavaria.
Habitat: On decaying wood in forests.
Distribution: Northeastern United States; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
