Clitopilus lignicola (Murrill) Murrill 1917

Pleuropus lignicola Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus firm, regular in shape, convex to subexpanded, depressed or umbilicate, gregarious, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous,* somewhat hygrophanous, uniformly pallid or whitish, margin entire, concolorous, not striate, strongly inrolled; context pallid, with somcr what unpleasant taste; lamellae shortdecurrent, subdistant, rather narrow, white to salmoncolored, entire and concolorous on the edges; spores subglobose, angular, rose-colored, about 8 X 7 ju; stipe long, equal, smooth, glabrous, concolorous, spongy within, 5-6 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type collected on decayed wood at Redding, Connecticut, July, 1902, F. S. Earle 64 1 (herb. N. Y. Bet. Card.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.