Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gymnopus physcopodius (Mont.) Murrill
Agaricus {Collyhia) physcopodius Mont. Syll. Crypt. 107. 1856 Collybia physcopodia Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 240. 1887.
Pileus subfleshy, campanulate to expanded, umbonate, cespitose, 3-4 cm. broad; surface glabrous, vitelline or croceous: lamellae sinuate-adnexed, crowded, linear-lanceolate, yellowish: spores hyaline, ovoid, 5 /x long: stipe smooth, not striate, concolorous, becoming brown when dry, hollow, with an ovoid, bulbous base, 2.5-4.5 cm. long, 2-6 mm. thick.
Type locality: Columbus, Ohio.
Habitat: On the ground in woods.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
