Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius pruinosifolius Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex, slightly umbilicate, opaque, solitary, 1.7 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, isabelline, margin entire, incurved when young, lilac-colored: lamellae free, separating, attenuate at both ends, very narrow and crowded, cinereous with a rosy tint, many times inserted, not interveined, the edges distinctly pruinose: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, slightly curved on one side, 5-6.5X3-4.5 m: stipe equal, compressed, somewhat distorted and twisted, cinerebus with a rosy tint, finely pruinose, 3 cm. long, 5 mm. thick.
Type collected in soil In woods at Cinchona, Jamaica, December 25-January 8, 1908-9, W. A.b' Edna L. Murrill 506 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.)-
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- 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
