Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Melanoleuca microspora (Ellis) Murrill
Agaricus {Tricholoma) microsporus Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 5: 45. 1874.
Pileus fleshy, thin, 1-2 cm. broad; surface dull-reddish-purple, slightly rugose, with a glaucous bloom, subzonate on drying; lamellae deeply and narrowly sinuate, subconcolorous, pale-purple to reddish-yellow, scarcely crowded, 3 mm. broad; spores subglobose, 3-5 m; stipe minutely pubescent, yellowish-pilose at the base, hollow, 2.5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick.
Type locality: Newfield, New Jersey.
Habitat: In sphagnum or on rotten cedar stumps in a white cedar swamp. Distribution: New Jersey.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
