Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Prunulus farinaceus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus conic to convex and at length plane, gibbous, gregarious, reaching 1.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, dry, glabrous, more or less striate, avellaneous-isabelline, margin entire, blackish, (probably frozen): context pallid, the odor and taste decidedly mealy; lamellae adnexed, broad, crowded,^ ventricose, grayishwhite : spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-8 X 4-5 fj.: stipe cartilaginous, subequ'al, quite short for the genus, smooth, polished, brownish, paler at the apex, 3 cm. long, 2 mm. thick.
Type collected in an open mossy field near the New York Botanical Garden, October 8, 911, W. A. Murrill &E. C. Volkert (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.). 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
