Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Melanoleuca aurantia (Schaeff.) Murrill
Agaricus aurantius Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: 18. 1774. Armillaria aurantia Qu61. Champ. Jura Vosg. 211. 1872. Agaricus (Tricholoma) Peckii Howe, Bull. Torrey Club 6: 66. 1875.
Pileus convex or nearly plane, 5-7.5 cm. broad; surface viscid when moist, squamulose, tawny-red inclining to tawny-orange; context white, odor farinaceous, taste farinaceous to unpleasant; lamellae narrow, close, sometimes branched, white, discolored or spotted with age; spores minute, broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, 4-5 ji long ; stipe equal or slightly thickened at the base, squamulose, white at the top or sometimes with reddish droplets in wet weather, elsewhere concolorous, 5-7.5 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick. Type locality: Bavaria. Habitat: In thin woods.
Distribution: Northeastern United States; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
