Gymnopus agricola Murrill 1916

Gymnopus agricola Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus small, rather tough, convex, not fully expanding, not umbonate, gregarious to slightly cespitose, 1-2 cm. broad; surface dry, smooth, glabrous, fulvous when moist, paler when dry, margin entire, not striate, stramineous, inflexed when young: context thin, white, with nutty flavor; lamellae adnexed or sinuate, subdistant, of medium breadth, waterywhite : spores pip-shaped, smooth, hyaline, 5-6 X 3-4 /x : stipe slender, tapering downward, palebrownish above, reddish-brown below, hollow or stuffed, cartilaginous, 2-3 cm. long, 1.5-2 mm. thick.
Type collected in soil among grass in an open field in the New York Botanical Garden, May 23, 1910, W.A. Murrill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Habitat: Among grass or weeds in fields. Distribution: Southern New York and New Jersey.