Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Russula subolivascens Burlingham
Agaricus olivascens Seer. Mycogr. Suisse 1: 493. 1833. Not 4. olivascens Batsch, 1783. Russula olivascens Fries, Epicr. Myc. 361. 1838.
Pileus convex to plane, umbilicate, 5-8 cm. broad; surface olivaceous, pale-olivaceous, or reseda-green, becoming yellow on the disk, without pinkish or reddish tints, somewhat viscid when moist, with pellicle separable on the margin, glabrous; margin even: context white, rather thick, mild in taste; lamellae white at first, then yellow, deep-yellow in drying, subequal, some forking next to the stipe, narrow behind, broad in front, adnate, crowded; stipe white, firm, spongy within, smooth, 4—7 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. thick: spores pitchpin, broadly elliptic, slightly pointed at on end, echinulate, 7 X 8.75 m-
Type locality: Europe. Habitat: In leafy forests.
Distribution: Long Island, Vermont, and Wyoming; 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
