Associations
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Plant / associate
fruitbody of Melanoleuca grammopodia is associated with Poaceae
Plant / associate
fruitbody of Melanoleuca grammopodia is associated with Trees
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Melanoleuca grammopodia is saprobic on compost of Herbaceous Plants
Comprehensive Description
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Melanoleuca grammopodia (Bull. & Vent.) Murrill
Agaricus grammopodius Bull. & Vent. Champ. Fr. 1: 617. 1809. Tricholoma grammopodium Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 46. 1872.
Pileus rather thin and tough, convex to umbonate-depressed, regular or somewhat lobed, growing in rings, 8-14 cm. broad; surface white, very smooth, glabrous, soft to the touch, slightly radiat'e-rimose at times, unicolorous or brownish on the umbo, margin entire or lobed, straight but incurved on drying; context thin, white, with pleasant taste and odor; lamellae emarginate, narrow, slightly ventricose, crowded, white; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, granular, chalkwhite in mass, 7.5-8.5X4-5 n stipe subcylindric to slightly enlarged above and at times bulbous below, glabrous, avellaneous, longitudinally striate, twisted, solid or stuffed, fleshy, 7.5-13 cm. long, 8-15 mm. thick.
Type locality: France. Habitat: Grassy ground in fields or woods. Distribution: Northeastern United States.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Melanoleuca grammopodia: Brief Summary
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Melanoleuca privernensis is a species of fungus in the Pluteaceae family.
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