Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Tyromyces crispellus (Peck) Murrill
Polyporus crispellus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 38: 91. 1885.
Pileus thin, laterally elongate, fleshy to somewhat fragile, sessile, dimidiate, decurrent, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, extending laterally 2-10 cm., 2-4 mm. thick; surface radiaterugose, subglabrous, whitish, varied with isabelline to fulvous zones ; margin undulate or subcrispate, irregular, acute, inflexed when dry: context white, less than 1 mm. thick, hymenium uneven, somewhat cribrose ; tubes 1.5-2.5 mm. long, white to discolored within, mouths angular, irregular, 3-5 to a mm., edges white to slightly discolored, dentate to sharply lacerate : spores not examined.
Type locality : Osceola, New York. Habitat : Prostrate trunks of hemlock. 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
