Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gymnopus dentatus Murrill, sp. nov,
Pileus conic to expanded, usually with a prominent, conic umbo, cespitose, reaching 4 cm. broad; surface dry, glabrous, striate, duU-isabelline-avellaneous, slightly darker on the disk, margin concolorous, dentate: context thin, white, somewhat tough, with a farinaceous taste; lamellae deeply depressed or sinuate, broad, ventricose, rather distant, closely interveined, whitish: spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-8.5 X 6-7 fx: stipe equal or tapering upward, white and glabrous above, concolorous and whitish-tomentose below, hollow, cartilaginous, reaching 6 cm. long and 5 inm. thick.
Type collected among short grass in open ground in the New York Botanical Garden, September 22. 1912, W. A. Murrill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Habitat: On lawns. Distribution: Vicinity of New York City.
- 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
