Clitocybe squamulosa var. montana
Lloydia 31: 53. 1968.
Common Name: none
For descriptions see Bigelow & 'California Mushrooms'.
Scattered to gregarious in duff under conifers; fruiting in spring through early fall, common in the Sierra Nevada mountains, uncommon along the northern coast.
Unknown.
Clitocybe squamulosa var. montana, often associated with snowbanks, can be distinguished by a brown to brownish orange, depressed to infundibuliform cap and stipe, yellowish white decurrent gills, smooth spores, and habit in duff under conifers. Despite the, scales are not always present and, if so, usually small and concentrated only at the disc. Paralepista flaccida is similar, but has a glabrous cap, shorter verruculose spores, and is found in coastal California.
Bigelow, H.E. (1968). The genus Clitocybe in North America. II. Section Infundibuliformes. Lloydia 31: 43-62.
Bigelow, H.E. (1985). North American Species of Clitocybe. Part II. J. Cramer: Berlin, Germany. 241 p. (PDF)
Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
Gregory, D. (2007). The genus Clitocybe of California. Masters Thesis. San Francisco State University.
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