Pluteus tomentosulus Peck 1885

Pluteus tomentosulus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus
38: 136. 1885.
Agaricus tomentosulus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32: 27. 1880. Pleurotus tomenlosulus Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9: 46. 1891. (By mistake.)
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, subumbonate, 5-7.5 cm. broad; surface minutely
villose or squamulosetomentose, white; lamellae rather broad, rounded behind, crowded, white,
becoming flesh-colored; spores subglobose or broadly ellipsoid, usually uninucleate, 6-8 X 6 m;
stipe equal, solid, striate, slightly pubescent or subtomentose, white, 5-12.5 cm. long, 4-8 mm.
thick.
Type locality: Catskill Mountains, New York. Habitat: On decaying wood and prostrate trunks. Distribution: New York and Connecticut.