Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Prunulus adirondackensis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex, not fully expanding, umbonate, especially when young, 2-3 cm. broad; surface dry, glabrous, striate-sulcate, white with a pale-avellaneous tint, margin very thin, white, spHtting with age: lamellae adnate with a deciurrent tooth, rather narrow, crowded, white: spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, hyalme, 7-8.5 X 6-7 p.: stipe cylindric, equal, hollow, slightly darker than the pileus, especially below, smooth, glabrous, polished, whitish-myceHoid and often long-radicate below, 4-10 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type collected on a dead maple log at Lake Placid, Adirondack Mountains. New York. Tulv 17-29. 1912, W. A. b> Edna L. Murrill 8 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Habitat: On dead deciduous and coniferous logs in woods. Distribution: Adirondack Mountains, 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
