Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalina dawsonii Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex, depressed at the center, rather fleshy, cespitose, d>-5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, isabelline to pale-fulvous, margin concolorous, estriate, undulate, incurved when young: context white, mildly astringent, with a slightly unpleasant odor: lamellae decurrent, crowded, narrow, thin, dirty-white : spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 4-6 fx : stipe subfleshy, cylindric, smooth, glabrous, concolorous, hollow, 7-10 cm. long, Z-S mm. thick, closely united by mycelium with two or more adjacent stipes for some distance from the base.
Type collected on a rotten log at Lima, Ohio, in 1902, C. W. Dawson 49 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.) . 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
