Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Heliomyces terrestris Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to subexpanded, umbilicate, gregarious, 1 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, striate over the lamellae, pallid, becoming yellowish on drying, margin entire, concolorous, inflexed on. drying: lamellae distinctly decurrent, broad, distant, not interveined, white: stipe smooth, glabrous, pallid to pale-reddish-brown, equal, hollow, 2-3 cm. long, 1 mm. thick.
Type collected in soil in British Honduras, 1906, Morton E. Peck (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
