Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pholiota aegerita Briganti, Qu^l. Champ
Jura Vosg. 229. 1872.
Agaricus Aegerita Briganti, Funghi Litogr. Napol. pL 1. 1824.
Pileus 3-13 cm. broad, subhemispheric to convex and then expanded, avellaneous to chamois,
cinnamon in dried plants, dry, glabrous, rugulose on the margin when young; context white,
firm; lamellae adnate or becoming nearly free, sometimes slightly decurrent in lines on the
stipe, close or medium-close, 4—8 mm. broad, dark-brown; veil forming a median-superior,
persistent, conspicuous annulus; stipe central, nearly equal, brownish, more or less white-
fibrillose, solid, 4-15 cm. long, 4-10 mm. thick; spores ovoid or more often elongate-ovoid or
elongate-elliptic, smooth, 9-11 X 4.5-6 /z; cystidia present but not conspicuous, projecting
somewhat, hyaline, 6-10 jti in diameter, some pointed.
Type locality: Europe.
Habitat: On recently felled trunks or from woimds in deciduous trees. Distribution : Michigan ; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill, Calvin Henry Kauffman, Lee Oras Overholts. 1924. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars), INOCYBE, PHOLIOTA. North American flora. vol 10(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
