Megacollybia rodmani

Appearance

Cap: 3-20 cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex to flat or shallowly depressed in age; dry; brown to olive-brown or pale grayish brown; radially streaked.

Gills: Attached to the stem broadly or narrowly; close or nearly distant; whitish.

Stem: 5-12 cm long and up to 1 cm wide; finely silky; whitish; more or less equal above a slightly enlarged base; rhizomorphs inconspicuous or even absent

Flesh: Whitish, not changing when sliced.

Odor and Taste: Taste mild; odor not distinctive.

Spore Print: White.

Naming

Synonym: Tricholomopsis platyphylla

Also known as Megacollybia rodmanii.

Distribution

Fairly widely distributed and common in North America - east of the Rocky Mountains, south through Mexico to Central America.

Habitat

Saprobic; It grows alone or gregariously on rotting hardwood logs or on buried deadwood.