Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lentinus pyramidatus Berk. & Curt. Proc. Am. Acad. 4: 121
1858.
Pileus regular, umbilicate, solitary to gregarious, 3-5 cm. broad; surface pale-yellowish or avellaneous, very rough and covered with fibers in stalked, pyramidal fascicles, margin concolorous, involute, bristly; lamellae crowded, narrow, rarely inserted, slightly decurrent, incised on the edges, white or pallid: stipe central, thick, woody, enlarged and tomentose above, furfuraceous. below, usually becoming subglabrous with age, white or pallid, 3-5 cm. long, 5-10 mm. thick.
Type locality : Nicaragua.
Habitat: On logs.
Distribution: Nicaragua, Mexico, and British Honduras.
- 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
