Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Venenarius spretus (Peck) Murrill, Mycologia 5: 73. 1913
Agaricus (Amanita) spretus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32: 24. 1879.
Pileus subovoid to convex, at length expanded, 7-12 cm. broad; surface white or palegrayish-brown, sub viscid, glabrous or with few volval fragments, faintly striate on the margin ; lamellae adnexed, subcrowded, rather narrow, white; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 10-12 X
6-8 fi ; stipe cylindric, equal, not bulbous at the base, smooth, nearly glabrous, slightly pruinose
at the apex, white, solid or stuffed, 7-10 cm. long, about 1.5 cm. thick; annulus membranous,
persistent, white, attached about 1-2 cm. from the apex of the stipe; volva thin, membranous,
ample, persistent, closely 'sheathing but not adnate.
Type locality: Sandlake, New York.
Habitat: Open or bushy places.
Distribution: Maine to Alabama, eastern United States.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
