Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Venenarius virginianus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to plane, small, thin, solitary to gregarious, 2-2.5 cm. broad; surface moist to viscid, fuliginous, glabrous, margin white, long-striate; context thin, white, unchanging; lamellae free, white, unchanging, subdistant; spores subglobose to ovoid, smooth, hyaline, 10X8.5 /x; stipe cylindric and equal above, somewhat bulbous at the base, smooth, white, glabrous, 4-5 cm. long, 5 mm. thick; annulus median, white, usually persistent; volva rather large and distinct, white, adnate to the base of the stipe and forming a conspicuous cup.
Type collected on a moist, gravelly bank in oak woods near Mountain Lake, Virginia, 1300 m. elevation, July 8-14, 1909, W. A. Murrill 28.
Distribution: Mountain Lake, Virginia.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
