Associations
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Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Clitocybe phyllophila is saprobic on dead, rotting litter of Broadleaved trees
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Clitocybe phyllophila is saprobic on dead, rotting litter of Pinopsida
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Clitocybe phyllophila is saprobic on dead, rotting compost of Herbaceous Plants
Other: minor host/prey
Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe phyllophila (Pers.) Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 49. 1872
Agaricus phyllophilus Pers. Syn. Fung. 457. 1801.
Pileus fleshy, convex or plane, becoming depressed or umbilicate, obtuse, solitary or cespitose, 4-7 cm. broad; surface smooth, dry, white, silvery on the margin because of the silky veil; lamellae moderately broad, subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, white, becoming yellowish-ochraceous : spores ellipsoid, 6-8 X 3-5 /j.: stipe equal, stuffed or hollow, tough, downy and incurved at the base, spongy within, white, sometimes eccentric, 5-7 cm. long, 5-8 mm. thick.
Type locality: Europe.
Habitat: Among sticks and leaves in woods.
Distribution: New England to North Carolina and west to Wisconsin; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
