Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ceriomyces auriflammeus (Berk, & Curt.) Murrill,
Mycologia 1 : 147. 1909.
Botetus auriflaniTneus Berk. & Curt. Grevillea 1 : 36. 1872,
Pileus convex to expanded, 6-8 cm. broad, 1-2 cm. thick; surface drj^ slightly viscid after a rain, tomentose, bright-yellow, sometimes partially covered with a scarlet pulveru-
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lence ; margin thin, entire: context white, unchangeable, .somewhat colored just beneath the pellicle, not bitter; tubes plane or convex, adnate, radially elongate near the stipe, decurrent, greenish-yellow, mouths angular, usually slightly scarlet when looked at sidewise, especially in dried plants, rarely conspicuously scarlet over most of the hj^menium : spores pale-yellow, smooth, oblongellipsoid, 9-11 X 3-4 /i: stipe enlarged above, usually tapering below, but sometimes bulbous, very variable in size, 5-9 cm. long, 0.5-1 cm. thick, colored and clothed like the pileus, distinctly and beautifully reticulate, sometimes entirel^
to the base.
Type locality : North Carolina.
Habitat : Thin soil in deciduous woods.
Distribution": New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
- 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
