Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptoniella subvilis (Peck) Murrill
Agaricus rhodopolius umbilicatus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 38: 109. 1885. Clitopilus subvilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 40: 53. 1887.
Pileus thin, centrally depressed or umbilicate, 1.5-3 cm. broad; surface hygrophanous, dark-brown when moist, grayish-brown and silky-shining when dry, margin decurved, striatulate when moist; context having a farinaceous taste; lamellae subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish when young, becoming flesh-colored; spores angular, 7.5-10 m long; stipe slender, brittle, rather long, stuffed or hollow, glabrous, concolorous or a little paler, 5-8 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality: Karner, New York. Habitat: On damp soil in thin woods. Distribution : New York and North Carolina.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
