Entoloma strictipes (Pk.) Hesler Cap 1-4cm across, broadly cone-shaped becoming flatter, with an umbo; nut brown or darker; margin has short lines which then extend to the center, surface seal,. Gills adnate becoming sinuate, close, quite broad; whitish to fleshy pink. Stem 60-105 x 2-3mm, hollow, slightly tapering upward; whitish to pale dingy brown, with white mycelium on the base: smooth. Flesh thin, fragile; pale brown. Odor none. Taste slightly sweet. Spores generally 5-6 sided, 9-14.5 x 7-9µ. Deposit cinnamon pink. No pleurocystidia. Habitat on sphagnum moss. Frequent. Found in eastern North America from New York to West Virginia. Season July-August. Not edible -suspect. |