Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius nigripes (Schw.) Fries, Epicr. Myc. 383. 1838
Agaricus nigripes Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1: 84. 1822. Heliomyces nigripes Morgan, Jour. Myc. 12: 93. 1896.
Pileus membranous, campanulate, umbonate, 6-12 mm. broad; surface white, pruinose, pellucid, margin striate: lamellae adnate, broad, white or pallid, becoming dark in dried plants:' spores angular, 8-9 ju: stipe insititious, slightly tapering downward, horny, blackish, whitepruinose, becoming brown in dried plants, 3.5-4 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick.
Type locality: North Carolina.
Habitat: Upon vegetable debris in woods.
Distribution: North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, and Michigan.
- 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
