Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Polymarasmius submulticeps Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus hemispheric, distinctly umbonate, 2 mm. broad; surface white, deeply sulcate, glabrous, the umbo hemispheric and dull-bay or chestnut, margin entire, concolorous: lamellae broad, distant, adnate to a collar, white: fertile stipe short, smooth, glabrous, black, highly polished, rigid, cylindric, usually 5 mm. long and 0.5 mm. thick; common rhizomorphic stipe similar in appearance, but long and creeping, with many branches which bear the small hymenophores.
Type collected on dead wood and humus in British Honduras, 1906, Morton E. Peck (herb N Y. Bot. Card.).
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
