Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius bahamensis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus thin, opaque, convex to plane, gregarious to cespitose, 7-15 mm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, radiate-rugose on drying, isabelline, slightly darker at the center, margin entire, concolorous: lamellae crowded, of medium breadth, adnexed, not interveined, white or pallid : stipe slender, equal, whitish-pubescent to glabrous, very pale avellaneous, smooth, becoming polished, yellowish-mycelioid at the base, 4-5 cm. long, less than 1 mm. thick.
Type collected on fallen dead leaves and twigs, at Lake Cunningham, New Providence, Bahama Islands, September 8, 1904, Elizabeth G. Britton 611 (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
