Peck CH. 1913. Report of the State Botanist 1912. Bulletin of the New York State Museum 167: 28.

Mycena flavifolia n. sp.

Pileus thin, slightly submembranaceous, conic or convex, sulcate striate, somewhat plicate-crenate on the margin, glabrous, pale smoky yellow, becoming pale pinkish brown or subalutaceous in drying, sometimes slightly umbonate; lamellae thin, close, broad at the outer extremity, narrowed toward the stem, pale yellow, becoming pallid in drying; stem slender, equal, glabrous, hollow, chestnut colored; spores ellipsoid or subovoid, 6-8 x 4-5 microns.

Gregarious. Under balsam fir trees. North Elba. September.

The center of the pileus is often more highly colored than the rest.

Pileus tenuis, submembranaceous, sublentus, conicus vel convexus, sulcato-striatus, interdum margine plicato-crenatus, glaber, subumbonatus, pallide fumoso-luteus, in siccitate incarnato-brunnescens vel subalutaceus; lamellae tenues, confertae, anteriore latae, posteriore angustatae, pallido luteae, pallescentes ; stipes gracilis, aequalis, glaber, cavus, castaneus; sporae ellipsoideae vel subovoideae 6-8 x 4-5 microns.