Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptoniella whiteae Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex, depressed at the center, solitary, 3 cm. broad; surface hygrophanous, yellowish-brown, conspicuously striate nearly to the center, squamulose, margin concolorous, uneven; context with mild taste; lamellae sinuate, with a slight decurrent tooth, inserted, broad, ventricose, subcrowded, whitish to salmon-colored, concolorous on the edges; spores broadly ellipsoid, angular, usually obliquely apiculate, rose-colored, 12-14 X 8-10 ju; stipe equal, rather slender, glabrous, shining, yellowish, cartilaginous, hollow, whitishmy celioid at the base, 5-6 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type collected on much decayed wood in leaf-mold at Bar Harbor. Maine. Aueust 12 1901 F. 5. White 99 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.)» s ="^^. ^^v/i.
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
