Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalopsis fibula (Bull.) Murrill
Agaricus fibula Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 186. 1783.
Omphalia Swartzii Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 45: 40. 1893.
Pileus membranous, commonly convex or hemispheric and umbilicate, rarely conic, 3-20
mm. broad; surface glabrous, hygrophanous, striatulate when moist and varying in color from
orange to pale-yellow, sometimes with darker center, even and paler when dry: lamellae
distant, arcuate, strongly decurrent, white or yellowish: spores eUipsoid, smooth, 4-6 X 2-3 /x;
cystidia 35-40 X 7-8 ju: stipe long, slender, subconcolorous, glabrous, 2.5-5 cm. long, 0.5-2
mm. thick.
Type locaIvITy: France.
Habitat: On mossy ground and prostrate mossy trunks of trees in woods or open places. Distribution: Canada to the West Indies and Honduras and west to Colorado; also in Europe.
- 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
