Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Galactopus rugosodiscus (Peck) Murrill
Agaricus {Omphalia) rugosodiscus Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1: 48. 1873.
Mycena rugosodisca Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 293. 1887.
Omphalia rugosodisca Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 45: 34. 1893.
Pileus thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, umbilicate-obtuse or slightly tmibonate, sometimes sHghtly umbilicate, 12-24 mm. broad; stu-face glabrous, hygrophanous, rugose on the disk, brown and striatulate when moist, paler when dry, margin thin, often wavy : lamellae narrow, crowded, arcuate or plane, adnate, white, emitting drops of a watery juice where cut or broken: spores ellipsoid, 6-7 X 4 /z: stipe short, glabrous, whitish or colored Uke the pileus, hollow, often curved, 2.5 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick.
Type locality: Worcester, New York.
Habitat: On decaying prostrate trunks of coniferous trees, especially hemlock. Distribution: Maine and New York.
- 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
