Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada by Timothy J. Baroni

Author:Timothy J. Baroni
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2017-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

CAP 3–10 cm wide, rounded conic, becoming plane, rusty-orange or yellowish-orange with a reddish-orange center, surface slippery and strongly radially furrowed and wrinkled. FLESH white. GILLS pale grayish-violet at first, soon rusty-cinnamon, attached, close, broad. STEM 5–12 cm long, 6–20 mm broad at apex, equal with an abrupt bulb at base, pale yellow, becoming golden-yellow, but quickly turning rusty-brown when handled, typically yellow scaly or dotted overall, narrowly hollow. RING tawny, cobweblike when attached to cap margin, very thin and barely leaving fibrils on upper stem. SPORE PRINT rusty-brown. ODOR and TASTE not distinctive.

Habit and habitat scattered or clustered on humus under hardwoods like beech, oak and chestnut. July to October. RANGE widespread.

Spores ellipsoid, minutely warty, pale brown in KOH, 12–15 × 7–9 µm.

Comments This is a fairly common species where beech, oaks, and chestnuts are found in mixed forests in warmer wet weather.

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