Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe pinophila (Peck) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 183. 1887
Agaricus {Clitocybe) pinophilus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 31: 32. 1879.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, becoming umbilicate or centrally depressed, gregarious, about 2.5 cm. broad; siu-face glabrous, pale -tan-colored when moist, paler when dry, margin sometimes striate on drying: context with a farinaceous odor and taste; lamellae rather crowded, subarcuate, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish: spores broadly ellipsoid or subglobose,
5-6 X 4-5 ii: stipe equal, glabrous or slightly pruinose, concolorous, 2.5-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality: Albany, New York. Habitat; Under or near pine trees. Distribution: New York.
- 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
