Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalina buccinalis (Batsch) Murrill
Agaricus buccinalis Batsch, Elench. Fung. Contin. 2: 85. 1789. Agaricus scyphoides Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 163. 1821. Omphalia scyphoides Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 64. 1872. Omphalina scyphoides Quel. Ench. Fung. 42. 1886.
Pileus submembranous, plane and umbilicate or infundibuliform, often irregular or somewhat eccentric, gregarious, 4-8 mm. broad; surface even, silky, white: lamellae narrow, close, decurrent, white: spores ellipsoid, 6 X 4-5 ^: stipe white, subvillose, short, stuffed, 8-16 mm. long.
Type locality: Europe.
Habitat: On the ground in mossy, grassy, or weedy places.
Distribution: New England to Alabama in the eastern United States; also in Europe.
- 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
