Crepidotus fraxinicola Murrill 1917

Crepidotus fraxinicola Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus reniform, convex to subexpanded, not at first resupinate, rather thin, gregarious, 1-2 cm. broad; surface hygrophanous, dirtywhite, at first fibrillose, becoming glabrous, except at the strigose-tomentose base; lamellae rather narrow, crowded, several times inserted, white to isabelline, subentire and whitish on the edges; spores ellipsoid, smooth, pale-yellow under the microscope, 7-8 X 3-5 ju.
Type collected on a dead ash trunk, the hymenophores emerging from cracks in the bark, at West Park, New York, July 24, 1903, F.S. Earle 1507 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.