Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hebeloma tottenii Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to plane, usually becoming depressed, often slightly umbonate, gregarious or cespitose, 2.5-4 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, shining, reddish-tawny at the center and shading to whitish-buff on the margin; context thin, pale-buff, without characteristic taste or odor; lamellae sinuate, broad, not crowded, melleous to fulvous or brown; spores ellipsoid, smooth, fulvous in mass, 6.5-8.5 X 4r-5 /x;. stipe slightly tapering downward, smooth, hollow, whitish-buff above, reddish-tawny below, sometimes decorated near the base with long, coarse, white hairs, 3-4 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground under pines near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, December 10, 1914, H. R. Totten 1509 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
