Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gymnopus cinchonensis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus expanded, sorriewhat depressed at the center, rather thick and fleshy, solitary to gregarious, reaching 3 cm. broad and 7 mm. thick; surface dry, smooth, glabrous, avellaneous, darker at the center; margin regular, concolorous, becoming somewhat upturned, not striate: lamellae nearly free, white, crowded, ventricose: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-9 X 4-5 /a: stipe cylindric, equal, smooth, glabrous, pale -avellaneous or nearly white, 2.5-4 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick.
Type collected in rich soil in woods at Cinchona, Jamaica, 1500 m. elevation, December 25January 8, 1908-9, W. A. b' Edna L. Murrill 634 (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
