The Flesh-Gray Eccilia. Edible.
Figure 205.—Eccilia carneo-grisea. Caps dark-gray or slate color. Gills rosy.
Carneo-grisea means fleshy-gray.
The pileus is one inch or more broad, umbilicate, dark-gray or grayish flesh color, finely striate, margin darkened with micaceous particles.
The gills are distant, adnate, decurrent, rosy, slightly undulate, margin irregularly darkened.
The stem is one to two inches long, slender, smooth, hollow, wavy, same color as the pileus, white tomentose at the base.
Spores irregularly oblong, rough, 7×5µ.
It is found from Nova Scotia through the Middle West. It is commonly reported in fir and pine woods but I find it on the hillsides about Chillicothe in mixed woods. It is frequently found here associated with Boletinus porosus.