Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pluteus compressipes Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to subexpanded, not umbonate, gregarious, 3-4 cm. broad and 1 cm. thick; surface glabrous, striate, rosy-isabelline, somewhat darker on the disk, margin entire, concolorous; lamellae free, of medium distance, broad, white to salmon-colored; spores globose to subglobose, smooth, rose-colored, 6-8 m; stipe slender, tapering upward, compressed, smooth, glabrous, white, attached by a white mat of mycelium, 3 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type collected on dead wood in Castleton Gardens, Jamaica, December 15, 1908, W. A. &" Edna L. Murrill 118 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
