Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalopsis translucentipes Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus very thin and delicate, convex, depressed at the center, gregarious to subcespitose,
scarcely reaching 1 cm. broad; siirface glabrous, not striate, purewhite, margin entire, con-
colorous: lamellae simple, short-decurrent, subdistant, rather narrow, white: stipe very slender,
cylindric, smooth, glabrous, white, sub translucent, 2 cm. long, less than 1 mm. thick.
Type collected on an old .stump in wet woods in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana. September 6, 1908, F. S. Earle 72 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Habitat: Logs or stumps in wet woods. Distribution: Vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 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
