Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Camarophyllus sphaerosporus (Peck) Murrill
Hygrophorus sphaerosporus Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 22 : 486. 1895.
Pileus fleshy, thick at the center, subobconic, convex, obtuse or subumbonate, 1-2.7 cm. broad; surface whitish tinged with reddish-brown, margin incurved: context firm, white with unpleasant odor in drying; lamellae adnate or subdecurrent, subdistant, broad: spores globose, 6-8 m: stipe flexuous, floccose, glabrous, concolorous, solid, enlarged at the base, 2.5-5 cm. long, 5-7 mm. thick.
Type locaIvITy: Iowa.
Habitat: On the ground.
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
