Comprehensive Description
(
anglais
)
fourni par North American Flora
Volvariopsis alabamensis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus thick, firm, convex, not umbonate, solitary, 6-7 cm. broad; surface smooth, dry, glabrous with a silky sheen, uniformly dark-brown, margin entire, concolorous, not striate; lamellae free, broad, ventricose, crowded, white to salmon-colored, somewhat imdulate on the edges; spores irregularly ovoid, rose-colored, 16-18 X 7-9 ju; stipe short, enlarged below, smooth, glabrous, white, solid, 4-5 cm. long, 5-10 mm. thick; volva white, somewhat fibrillose, ample, closely adhering below, with free, lacerate margin, a portion being carried up on the top of the pileus.
Type collected in soil in the Experiment Station garden. Auburn, Alabama, March 10, 1898, F, S. Earle (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- citation bibliographique
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
