Melanoleuca edura (Banning & Peck) Murrill 1914

Melanoleuca edura (Banning & Peck) Murrill
Tricholoma edurum Banning & Peck; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 44: 180. 1892.
Pileus at first convex, obtuse, thick, fleshy, expanded with age, with a slight central depression, gregarious, 10-12.5 cm. broad; surface undulating, hygrophanous, at first dingywhite or alutaceous, darker at the center, cuticle thin, easily separable, margin at first involute, expanding unequally, sometimes lobed; context mild, odor pleasant but powerful, resembling that of the common mushroom ; lamellae white or cream-colored, adnexed, not crowded except at the margin, easily separable from the context; spores subglobose, hyaline, 6-7.5^; stipe white, firm, thickened at the base, tapering upward, sometimes nearly equal, at first solid, then stuffed, 7.5-10 cm. long.
Type locauty: Baltimore, Maryland.
Habitat: Among leaves in woods.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.