Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Entoloma alutaceum Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex, cuspidate, solitary, 3-6 cm. broad; surface smooth, shining, glabrous, paletan-colored, margin entire to undulate or lobed, concolorous; context thin, concolorous, the taste mild; lamellae sinuate, rather broad, subdistant, white to dirty-pink, entu-e on the edges; spores broadly ellipsoid, irregular, decidedly angular, rose-colored, 9-11 m; stipe equal, often curved, glabrous, shining, concolorous or paler, solid, 5-8 cm. long, 4-8 mm. thick.
Type collected in wet moss at Redding, Connecticut, August 26, 1902, F. S. Earle 1248 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Maine, Connecticut, and 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
