Melanoleuca earlei (Murrill) Singer 1942

Clitocybe earlei MurriU, Mycologia 7: 261. 1915
Pileus thin, rather tough, convex to expanded, subumbonate, solitary or gregarious, reaching 8 cm. broad; surface glabrous, shining, subhygrophanous, smooth, dark-seal-brown when moist, f usdous when dry, margin entire, concolorous, inflexed : context firm, white with a brownish tint, the taste mild, slightly mawkish, the odor not characteristic; lamellae short-decurrent, several times inserted, some of them forking, densely crowded, narrow, white: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyahne, 7.5-9 X 5-6.5 ju: stipe subcylindric, enlarged at the base, palHd when young, soon becommg concolorous, sohd, smooth, glabrous, reaching 15 cm. long and 1-1.5 cm. thick.
Type locality: West Park, New York. Habitat: On the ground in mixed woods. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.