Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius berteroi (Lev.) Murrill
Heliomyces Berteroi Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 2: 177. 1844,
Pileus discoid, conspicuously radiate-sulcate, umbilicate, 4 cm. broad; surface glabrous^ ferruginous : lamellae thin, distant, acutely adnate, pallid : stipe slender, sublignose, cylindric, smooth, glabrous, ferruginous to purple, 4 cm. long.
Type i^ocality: Porto Rico.
Habitat: On trunks of trees.
Distribution: Throughout most of tropical North America.
- 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
