Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Prunulus lepiotiformis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus minute, broadly convex, not fully expanding, solitary, 3 nun. broad; surface dry smooth, white, minutely and densely pubescent-scaly, margin entire, concolorous: lamellae subdistant, rather broad, inserted, adnexed to nearly free, white to paleyellowish: stipe short, filiform, smooth, white above, grayish-brown and whitish-pubescent below, 7 mm. long.
Type collected on much decayed hemlock wood in woods at Unaka Springs, Tennessee, August 18-24, 1904, W. A. Murrill 716 (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
