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North American Flora: Agaricales, Agaricaceae (Vol. 10 ... - MykoWeb

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24 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VOMJME <strong>10</strong><br />

TYPE LOCALITY: Bavaria.<br />

HABITAT: In thin woods.<br />

DISTRIBUTION: <strong>North</strong>eastern United States; also in Europe.<br />

ILLUSTRATIONS: Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi/. 86; Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. pi. 37; Fries, Ic. Hymen.<br />

pi. 26; Gill. Champ. Fr. pi. 51 (.31).<br />

82. Melanoleuca equestris (I,.) Murrill.<br />

Agaricus equestris L. Sp. PI. 1173. 1753.<br />

Agaricus crassus Scop. Fl. Cam. ed. 2. 2: 442. 1772.<br />

Agaricus aureus Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: 19. 1774.<br />

Tricholoma équestre Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 39. 1872.<br />

Pileus fleshy, compact, convex becoming expanded, obtuse, 7.5-12.5 cm. broad, surface<br />

pale-yellowish, more or less reddish-tinged, the disk and central scales often darker, margin<br />

naked, often flexuous; context white or tinged with yellow, at first farinaceous, then unpleasant<br />

to the taste; lamellae rounded behind, close, nearly free, sulfur-yellow; spores 6-7.5X4-5 ¡u;<br />

stipe stout, solid, pale-yellow or white, white within, 2.5-6 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick.<br />

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden.<br />

HABITAT: Under or near conifers.<br />

DISTRIBUTION: Canada to Alabama and west to California; also in Europe.<br />

ILLUSTRATIONS: Baria, Champ. Nice pi. 24, f. 1-12; Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 157: pi. 124, f. 6-9;<br />

Cooke, Brit. Fungi pi. 72 (59); Gill. Champ. Fr. pi. 64 (672); Lucand, Champ. Fr. pi. 1; Mycologia<br />

X-.pl. l,f.3.<br />

83. Melanoleuca rhinaria (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill.<br />

Agaricus (Tricholoma) rhinarius Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 4: 2. 1859.<br />

Pileus convex, obtuse, densely gregarious, 13 cm. broad; surface yellowish-brown and<br />

slightly areolate in the center, yellowish-white on the margin, which is scaly and at first in-<br />

volute; lamellae more or less forked, emarginate, adnate, crowded, white to yellow; spores<br />

ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, granular, 5-6X3-4 ß\ stipe stout, furfuraceous, yellow, 8-<strong>10</strong> cm.<br />

long, 2 mm. thick.<br />

TYPE LOCALITY: New England.<br />

HABITAT: Among leaves in woods.<br />

DISTRIBUTION: New England.<br />

84. Melanoleuca subterrea Murrill, sp. nov.<br />

Pileus subconic or convex to expanded, irregular at times, gregarious, reaching 6-8 cm.-<br />

broad; surface viscid, gray, with black fibrils arranged in lines, the disk somewhat darker,<br />

margin thin, concolorous, usually entire; context white, taste farinaceous; lamellae sinuate,<br />

ventricose, subcrowded, unequal, white with a yellowish tint; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline,<br />

5-6X2-3 p; stipe rather short, subequal, smooth, glabrous, white or slightly yellowish, hollow,<br />

4-6 cm. long, 1 cm. thick.<br />

Type collected on the ground in pine woods near Auburn, Alabama, December 24, 1899, Mrs.<br />

F. S. Earle.<br />

DISTRIBUTION: Alabama.<br />

85. Melanoleuca centralis (Peck) Murrill.<br />

Tricholoma portentosum centrale Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. S: 673. 1899.<br />

Pileus convex, sometimes slightly umbonate, gregarious, reaching 3-8 cm. broad; surface<br />

viscid, virgate with innate blackish fibrils, pale-yellow or greenish-yellow, sooty-brown in the<br />

center; context white; lamellae moderately broad and close, emarginate, white or yellowish;<br />

spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 4-6 M; stipe equal, solid, white, 4-8 cm. long, 6-<strong>10</strong><br />

mm. thick.<br />

TYPE LOCALITY: Sandlake, New York.<br />

HABITAT: In woods.<br />

DISTRIBUTION: <strong>North</strong>eastern United States.<br />

ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. S: pi. 57, f. 1-5.<br />

86. Melanoleuca subsejuncta (Peck) Murrill.<br />

Tricholoma subsejunclum Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 157: 53. 1912.<br />

Pileus fleshy, conic or convex, gregarious, 2.5-6.5 cm. broad; surface slightly viscid when<br />

moist, virgate or reticulate with blackish-brown fibrils, blackish-brown, often pale-yellow or

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