Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Plicaturella olivacea (Schw.) Murrill
Chanterel olivaceus Schw. Trans. Am. Phil.Soc. II. 4 : 153. 1832.
Pileus subfleshy, dimidiate, subimbricate, slightly depressed, 2.5-4 cm. broad, 3-4 mm. thick, sessile or attached by a short thick stipe, which is black and strigose ; surface yellowish-green, pulverulent or -finely pubescent, margin subinflexed, undulate or lobed : context homogeneous, olivaceous, fragile when dry, 2.5-3 mm. thick : lamellae anastomosing, dichotomous or branched, crowded, rather broad, orange-yellow to reddish-brown : spores ovoid, smooth, ferruginous, 5 X^/^.
Type locality : Salem, North Carolina.
Habitat : On the ground (probably attached to roots) and on hemlock logs.
Distribution : North Carolina and Tennessee.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
