Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalina luteicolor Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to depressed, gregarious to subcespitose, usually about 2 cm. broad, but sometimes reaching 4 cm. ; surface smooth, glabrous, dry or moist, varying from pale-luteous to almost orange, margin not striate, entire, concolorous, incurved when young and clothed with minute white hairs, which disappear with age: lamellae short-decurrent, very distant, rather narrow, inserted, pale-luteous: spores oblong-ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-8.5 X 5-6/*: stipe cylindric, equal, glabrous at the apex, whitish-myceloid at the base, pale-luteous, cartilaginous, hollow, 2-3 cm. long, usually about 3 mm. thick, but sometimes reaching 5 mm.
Type collected on a moss-covered coniferous log in a moist virgin forest near Seattle, Washington, October 20-November 1, 1911, W. A, Murrill 685 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.). Habitat: Abundant on the top of moss-covered or burnt coniferous logs. Distribution: Vicinity of Seattle, Washington.
- 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
