Pluteus admirabilis (Peck) Peck 1885

Pluteus admirabilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mas. 38: 317
1885.
Agaricus admirabilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 64. 1872.
Pileus thin, convex or expanded, generally broadly umbonate, 1.2-2 cm. broad; surface glabrous, rugose-reticulate, yellow or brown, moist or hygrophanous, margin striatulate when moist, often obscurely striate when dry, lamellae crowded, broad, rounded behind, ventricose, whitish or yellowish, becoming flesh-colored; spores subglobose or broadly ellipsoid, 6-7.5 X 6/x; stipe slender, glabrous, hollow, equal or slightly thickened at the base, yellow or yellowish-white, with white mycelium at the base, 2.5-5 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick.
Type t.ocALiTY: Greig, New York,
Habitat: On decaying wood and prostrate trunks in forests.
Distribution: New York to Wisconsin and south to Virginia and Tennessee.