Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lepiota rubrotinctoides Murrill, Mycologia 4 : 236. 1912
Pileus convex to nearly plane, often umbonate, sometimes depressed in old plants, solitary or gregarious, 4r~7 cm. broad; surface dry, subglabrous, white with rosy tints to red or purplish, the center always darker, varying from pink or red to dark-purple or blackish, cuticle even and unbroken when young, splitting radially, especially on the margin, as the pileus expands ; context thin, white, drying soft and flexible ; lamellae free, narrow, close, plane, white, the edges minutely serrulate; spores subovoid, smooth, hyaline, with a large, clear nucleus 7X3.5 mJ stipe long and slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, glabrous or somewhat fibrillose, white, 10-15X0.5-1 cm.; annulus superior, fixed, membranous, ample, white,
persistent.
Type locality: Seattle, Washington. Habitat: On the ground in woods. Distribution: Washington, Oregon, California.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY