Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Clitocybe whetstoneae Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to plane or slightly depressed, cespitose, 5 cm. broad; surface dry, smooth, glabrous, white, not striate, margin entire, concolorous, inflexed on drying: context whitish, the taste sweet and the odor pleasant; lamellae decurrent, rather narrow, exceedingly crowded, white: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, about 5 X 3 m: stipe tapering upward, smooth, glabrous, white, hollow, 5 cm. long. 7 mm thick.
Type collected in grass at Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mary S. Whetstone (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
