Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalopsis rhododendri (Peck) Murrill
Agaricus {Omphalia) Rhododendri Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 27: 94. Omphalia Rhododendri Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 335. 1887.
Pileus convex, umbilicate, 4^6 mm. broad; surface glabrous, slightly viscid when moist,
white, margin striate : lamellae subdistant, arcuate, deciu-rent, white, beaded on the edges with
gland-like protuberances: spores oblong or narrowly ellipsoid, 7.5 X 3 ju: stipe white, roughened
with minute, white, gland-like protuberances, slender, 12-16 mm. long.
Type locality: Forestbiurgh, New York.
Habitat: On dead trunks of Rhododendron maximum.
Distribution: Northern New York.
- 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
