About Pluteus leoninus (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.
This description of Pluteus leoninus (Schaeff.) P.Kumm. is compiled from multiple references. Its cap is golden to olive-yellow, convex, 3–7 cm in diameter, hygrophanous, and usually has a grooved edge. The darker central portion of the cap has a slight velvety tomentum. The gills are yellowish when young, and later turn salmon pink — this matches the color of the species' spore powder. The stipe reaches a maximum length of around 7 cm, is often striate, and ranges in color from white to cream, often turning darker near its base. This mushroom grows on stumps and wood debris from broad-leaved trees, and occasionally on that of conifers. At the microscopic level, the filamentous cap cuticle is a trichoderm. The gills have sparse bladder-shaped pleurocystidia, and abundant fusiform cheilocystidia. The spores are smooth, almost globular, and measure approximately 7×6 μm. Many fungal authorities treat Pluteus fayodii as a synonym of P. leoninus, however Species Fungorum recognizes the two as distinct species.
