Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalina hypobrunnea Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to plane, umbonate at times, rather firm, solitary or gregarious, 1.5-2 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, hygrophanous, avellaneous, dark-avellaneous on the disk: lamellae short-decurrent, rather broad, crowded, whitish with brown edges, becoming castaneous-umbrinous on drying: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 6-7 X 3.5-5 /x: stipe tough, hygrophanous, subcylindric, smooth, finely tomentose to glabrous, concolorous, 1.5 cm. long, 1.5-2 mm. thick.
Type collected on dead wood in a moist virgin forest near Seattle, Washington, October 20November 1, 1911, W. A. Murrill 287 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 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
