Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Resupinatus approximans (Peck) "Murrill
Pleurotus approximans Peck, Bulh^N. Y. State Mus. 150: 37. 1911.
Pileus thin, tough, sub gelatinous, dimidiate or subflabelliform or with a short stemlike base, 6-12 mm. broad; surface more or less strigulose-hairy, especially toward the base, becoming pruinose or subglabrous with age, pallid, grayish-brown, or smoky-brown, margin at first involute, thin, not striate, expanded or slightly recurved: lamellae narrow, close, tapering toward each end, converging to a basal point, creamy-yellow, minutely bristly on the edges and sides with projecting, hyahne, pointed cystidia, which are 60-80X15-20 ix.
Type locality: Sylvan Beach, Oneida County, New York. Habitat: On decaying wood and bark. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- 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
