Melanoleuca alboflavida (Pk.) Murr. Cap 3-10cm across, broadly convex becoming flatter then often depressed with a low, broad umbo; margin incurved at first; yellowish brown to cream or whitish, the umbo remaining darker; smooth, dry to moist. Gills sinuate, crowded, narrow; whitish. Stem 30-100 x 4-l0mm, slender with a small bulb at the base, whitish, cartilaginous, longitudinally lined with minute hairs. Flesh solid; white. Spores ellipsoid to ovoid, ornamented with small warts, 7-9 x 4-5.5ì. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in groups on the ground in deciduous or mixed woods and in open fields. Common. Found in northeastern North America, west to the Great Lakes. Season July-September. Said to be edible. |