Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Panellus haematopus (Berk.) Murrill
Lentinus haematopus Berk. Grevillea 1: 33. 1872.
Lentinus anisatus P. Henn. Verh. BotVer. Prov. Brand. 39: vc. 1898.
Pileus thin, plane, umbiUcate or centrally depressed, about 3X2.5 cm.; surface hygrophanous, glabrous, ochraeeous with a luteous tint, margin lobed: context having a very fragrant odor; lamellae plane or slightly ventricose, inserted, minutely serrate at times, anastomosing at the base, not crowded, white to cream-colored: spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 1-2-guttulate, 6-7X3-4^1: stipe short or obsolete, firm, eccentric, glabrous, blood-red and almost laccate at the base, 4^6 mm. long, about 4 mm. thick.
Type locality: North America.
Habitat: Dead branches and trunks of maple, willow, and certain other deciduous trees.
Distribution: New England to North Carolina and west to Michigan; also in Europe.
- 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
