Pleated Pluteus Pluteus longistriatus (Peck) Peck    
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Agaricales   >   Family Pluteaceae   >   Genus Pluteus   

Status:

Found solitary or in small groups in decaying hardwood.

Description:

Cap: Gray to grayish-brown, convex to broadly convex; hygrophanous; fragile; striations from center to margin; up to ~1" in diameter. Gills: white or pinkish, close; Stalk: Light becoming darker in age; lengthwise lines; white mycelium at base. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

There are 8 records in the project database.

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Pleated Pluteus (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Pleated Pluteus (cap from above) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Pleated Pluteus (gills and stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Pleated Pluteus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Pleated Pluteus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores of Pleated Pluteus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Pleated Pluteus specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/27/2015). Nearly round, smooth; measured 5.7-6.7 X 5.2-5.6 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)


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