Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Limacella illinita (Fries) Murrill
Agaricus illinitus Fries, Obs. Myc. 2: 8, 1818. Lepiota illinita Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 326. 1873.
Pileus rather thin, soft, ovoid to campanulate or expanded, subumbonate, 2.5-6 cm.
broad ; surface smooth, white or whitish, very viscid or glutinous, striate or at times smooth on
the margin; context white, soft, odor farinaceous; lamellae free, crowded, white; spores globose
or subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 4-5 X 3.5-4 /*; stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, viscid,
white, stuffed or hollow, 5-9 cm. long, 4^6 mm. thick; annulus a cushion of fibrils usually covered
with slime.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: Grassy woods and fields.
Distribution: Northern United States; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
