Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Melanoleuca acris (Peck) Murrill
Tricholoma acris Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 139. 1897.
Pileus fleshy, but rathei* thin, broadly convex to nearly plane, slightly depressed in the center, 4-6.5 cm. broad; surface dry, innately fibrillose, whitish or pale-gray, margin wavy; context white or whitish, taste acrid; lamellae close, adnexed, subventricose, white; spores subglobose, 5-6 X 4-5 p ; stipe equal or slightly tapering downward, short, slightly fibrillose, stuffed or hollow, white, 2.5-5 cm. long, 6-10 mm. thick.
Type locality: Worcester, Massachusetts.
Habitat: Thin deciduous woods.
Distribution: New England to Virginia and west to the Rocky Mountains.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
