Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Camarophyllus peckianus (Howe) Murrill
Bygrophorus Peckianus Howe, Bull. Torrey Club 5: 43. 1874.
Pileus rather firm, fleshy, convex or sHghtly depressed at the center, gregarious or subcespitose, 1-2 cm. broad; surface smooth, hygrophanous, fuliginous when moist, paler or buffbrown when dry, margin decurved and sometimes wavy: context having quite a strong odor; lamellae subdistant, broad, thick, arcuate, decurrent, pallid when yoimg, becoming darker with age: spores subglobose, rough, 5 ju in diameter: stipe smooth, stuffed or hollow, subflexuous, often compressed and attenuate at the base, concolorous, 2.5-5 cm. long, about 2 ram. thick.
Type locality: Lake Pleasant, New York. Habitat: On the ground under Pteris aquilina. Distribution: New York and Massachusetts.
- 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
