Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Prunulus grantii Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus broad, convex to plane and at length depressed, not papillate, cespitose, 3-3.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, dry, glabrous, pale-avellaneous : context thin, white, the taste mild; Parts, 1916J AGARICACEAE 339
lamellae adnate, rather crowded, of medium breadth, thin and delicate, pure-white: spores subglobose to ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 6-7 X 5-6 /j,: stipe equal, dry, smooth, glabrous, concolorous, hollow, with a thin rind, 6-8 cm. long, about 5 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground among leaves and bits of dead wood at Sequim, Washington, /. M. Grant 332 (herb. N. Y. State Mus.).
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
