Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lepiota solidipes Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 5: 647. 1899
Pileus fleshy, very convex or subhemispheric, becoming broadly convex or nearly plane, 5-10 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, white, sometimes with a slight pinkish tint; context white, taste and odor farinaceous; lamellae thin, free, crowded, white; spores globose or subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 4^5 fx stipe equal, at times somewhat bulbous, white or whitish, silky-fibrillose, solid, 5-10 cm. long, 8-16 mm. thick; annulus large, thin, membranous, slightly floccose externally, subevanescent.
Type locality: Saratoga, New York. Habitat: Damp or swampy ground. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
