Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Melanoleuca serratifolia (Peck) Murrill
Tricholoma serratifolium Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 46: 102. 1894.
Pileus fleshy, firm, often irregular, convex to subplane, 5-10 cm. broad; surface white, light-brown or yellowish-brown at the center, dry, silky or floccose-squamulose; context white or whitish, taste at first mild becoming acrid; lamellae adnexed, crowded, broad, the edges serrate or erose, white; spores ellipsoid or subglobose, 5-6X5 fi; stipe short, stout, white, solid, 2.5 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick.
Type locality: Shokan, New York. Habitat: On the ground in woods. Distribution: New York.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
