Tricholoma subargillaceum (Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter 1925

Melanoleuca subargillacea Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus fleshy, thick, irregular, convex to expanded, solitary or cespitose, 4-10 cm. broad; surface moist, shining, smooth, glabrous, not viscid, pale-argillaceous, margin even, white; context thin, white, brittle, odor none except when drying, taste mawkish and disagreeable; lamellae rather broad, becoming ventricose, crowded, sinuate, white, unchanging; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 5-7X2-3 fi; stipe short and thick, cylindric above, bulbous at the base, smooth, glabrous, dull-white, spongy within, brittle, 3-5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick.
Type collected in sandy soil in mixed woods near Auburn, Alabama, January 1, 1901, Mrs. F. S. Earle.
Habitat: In sandy soil in oak woods or mixed woods. Distribution: Alabama.