Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hygrophorus sordidus Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 322. 1898
Pileus broadly convex to subplane, 5-10 cm. broad; surface glabrous, subviscid, white, margin strongly involute, then expanded or reflexed: context firm when young, tough when old; lamellae adnate or decurrent, subdistant, white or cream-white: spores ellipsoid, 6.5-7.5 X 4-5 ix stipe short, firm, white, solid, 5-10 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick: veil cobwebby in young hymenophores.
Type locality: Tacoma Park, District of Columbia.
Habitat: In pine woods.
Distribution: Southern New York to the District of Columbia and west to Ohio.
- 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
