Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Prunulus cinchonensis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus conic to campanulate, gregarious, reaching 1.5 cm. broad and 1 cm. high; surface dry, glabrous, striate, pale-isabelHne or avellaneous, usually aveUaneous on the disk, margin entire, pale-isabelline, appressed when young: lamellae adnate, slightly decurrent at times,
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crowded, rather narrow, white: spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 4-5 ^u: stipe cylindric, equal, smooth, glabrous, slightly pulverulent at the apex, whitish, avellaneous at the base when the pileus is avellaneous, 3-4 cm. long, about 1 mm. thick.
Type collected on dead sticks at Cinchona, Jamaica, about 1500 m. elevation, December 25January 8, 1908-9, W. A. b' Edna L. Murrill 550 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Known onlyfrom 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
