Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Entoloma grande Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 50: 101
1897.
Pileus fleshy, thin toward the margin, convex, becoming nearly plane, generally umbonate, subcespitose, 10-15 cm. broad; surface usually centrally rugosely wrinkled, moist in wet weather, glabrous, yellowishwhite, becoming brownish or grayish-brown; context white, the odor and flavor farinaceous; lamellae broad, subdistant, slightly adnexed, becoming free or nearly so, often wavy or eroded on the edges, whitish, becoming pinkish; spores subglobose, angular, 7.5-10 /a in diameter; stipe equal, solid, slightly fibrous externally, mealy at the apex, white, 10-15 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick.
Type locaI/ITy: Menands, New York.
Habitat: In woods.
Distribution: New York.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
