Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Prunulus elegantulus (Peck) Murrill
Mycena elegantula Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 22: 199. 1895.
Pileus membranous, conic or campanulat^, gregarious or cespitose, 1-3 cm. broad; surface brown or purplish-brown, margin sulcate-striate : lamellae interveined, adnate with a decurrent tooth, distant, whitish or pallid, the edges purplish-brown: spores oblong-ellipsoid, 8-12 X Z.S-S ix: stipe slender, glabrous or gray-fibrillose at the base, hollow, 2.5-5 cm. long, 1 mm. thick.
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Type locality: Pasadena, California.
Habitat: Among fallen leaves and rarely on dead wood.
Distribution: Washington, Oregon, and California.
- 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
