Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe pulcherrima Peck, Jour. Myc. 14: 1. 1908
Pileus fleshy, convex, becoming umbilicate or centrally depressed, 2.5-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, lemon-yellow, margin decurved; context white, yellowish beneath the pellicle ; lamellae thin, crowded, arcuate, decurrent, whitish or faintly tinged with yellow: spores nearly or quite globose, 4 M in diameter: stipe equal or shghtly tapering upward, solid above, hollow toward the base, subglabrous, colored hke or a little paler than the pileus, 2.5-4 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick.
Type locality: Near Detroit, Michigan.
Habitat: Among fallen leaves.
Distribution: Kjiown only from the type locaUty.
- 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
