Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius marbleae Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus minute, opaque, convex, not fully expanding, rarely subumbonate, gregarious, 2 mm. broad; surface white, not striate, subglabrous, smooth, margin entire, concolorous: lamellae adnate, rather broad, distant, interveined, firm, somewhat undulate on the edges, white: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 5-7 X 3-4 m: stipe filiform, minutely pulverulent, inserted, pale-bay, at least when dry, 4r-6 mm. long, 0.2 mm. thick.
Type collected on fallen dead sticks on the road between St. Paul and Derry, Cockpit Country, Jamaica, September 13-18, 1906, Elizabeth G. Brition b' Delia W. Marble 340 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.) .
Distribution: Cockpit Country, Jamaica.
- 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
