Nolanea earlei Murrill 1917

Nolanea earlei Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus rather thin, regular, conic, becoming broadly convex or nearly plane, somewhat umbonate, gregarious, reaching 3 cm. broad; surface dry, smooth, subsilky, not striate, cinereous, becoming paler with age, margin entire, pallid; context thin, pallid, with mild taste; lamellae sinuate, subcrowded, ventricose, pallid to pinkish; spores globose, angular, apiculate, uniguttulate, rose-colored, 6-7 /x; stipe cylindric, equal, long, slender, silky, shining, subconcolorous, solid, whitish-mycelioid at the base, 8 cm. long, about 3 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground in mixed woods in the New York Botanical Garden, July 30, 1902, F. S. Earle 769 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.