Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius subtenerrimus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex when very young but soon becoming plane or slightly depressed, very thin
and tough but somewhat translucent, gregarious, reaching 3 mm. broad; surface white, smooth,
glabrous, appearing striate over the lamellae, margin irregular or sHghtly lobed, concolorous:
lamellae few, forked, narrow, adnate or slightly decurrent, white: spores globose to ellipsoid,
smooth, hyaline, granular, 4—6 fj.: stipe filiform, smooth, glabrous, white above, usually slightly
pruinose below, expanding as it enters the leaf, 5-7 mm. long.
Type collected on fallen dead leaves in British Honduras, 1906, Morton E. Peck (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
