Melanoleuca subsaponacea (Peck) Murrill 1914

Melanoleuca subsaponacea (Peck) Murrill
Tricholoma subsaponaceum Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 157: 35. 1912.
Pileus fleshy, compact, flexible, convex or nearly plane, 6-14 cm. broad; surface glabrous, whitish, creamy-white, or pallid on the margin, smoky-brown or alutaceous in the center, sometimes marked with a row of pallid or watery spots near the margin, assuming yellow or saffron hues when cut or bruised; context white, becoming concolorous when cut or bruised, odor pleasant like anise, taste farinaceous ; lamellae broad, close, adnexed or nearly free, whitish ; spores broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, 5-6 X 4—5 m ; stipe variable, equal or enlarged at the top or at the base, sometimes compressed, x of ten abruptly narrowed at the base and radicating, silky-fibrillose, solid becoming hollow with age, whitish, becoming concolorous when cut or bruised, 4^5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. thick.
Type locality: Rockville, Indiana. Habitat: Among fallen leaves in woods. Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and Indiana.