Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cortinarius ochraceus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Cab. 23 :
109. 1872.
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Pileus fleshy, convex, broadly subumbonate or gibbous, 5-8 cm. thick; surface glabrous, pale-ochraceous, even or obscurely wrinkled; context thick, whitish; lamellae emarginate, rather broad, subdistant, pallid to pale-ochraceous at first, then rusty-cinnamon; stipe rather stout, clavate or clavate-bulbous, 5-10 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick, fibrillose, ochraceous above the white appressed sheath of the universal veil, the bulb 20-38 mm. thick; spores broadly ellipsoid, obtuse at ends, slightly rough, 9-11.5 X 6-7.5 /*-
Type locality: Catskill Mountains, New York. Habitat: Under balsam trees, in open places. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill, Lee Oras Overholts, Calvin Henry Kauffman. 1932. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars), HYPODENDRUM, CORTINARIUS. North American flora. vol 10(5). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
