Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptoniella atrosquamosa Murrill, Mycologia 3 : 272. 1911
Lepionia atrosquamosa Murrill, Mycologia 4; 332. 1912.
Pileus broadly convex, slightly depressed, regular, solitary, 2 cm. broad; surface avellane-
ous, striate, clothed with innate, imbricate, fuUginous scales which are upturned at the end,
the depressed umbo being decorated with black tufted scales; lamellae adnate, narrow, distant,
about three times inserted, the edges entire, concolorous; spores angular, 8-10 ju; stipe cylindric,
equal, miuinous, 3.5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type locality: Morce's Qap, Jamaica.
Habitat: On dead wood.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
