Melanoleuca compressipes Murrill 1914

Melanoleuca compressipes Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to expanded, gregarious, 4-^8 cm. broad; surface smooth, hygrophanous, moist, not viscid, dark-umber-brown becoming lighter on drying, usually darker on the disk, margin thin, entire; context thin, grayish or watery-brown, mild, without distinct odor; lamellae obscurely sinuate to nearly adnate, subcrowded, rather narrow, unequal, sordid-white becoming cinereous and at length dark-brown, not changing color when cut or bruised; spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 6-7.5 m,' stipe equal or tapering upward, often compressed, subglabrous, dirtywhite, hollow or stuffed, 3-5 cm. long, 5-10 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground in mixed woods near a small stream, at Auburn, Alabama, December 19, 1900, Mrs. F. S. Earle. Also collected in pine woods and in mixed woods in the same vicinity, January 22, 1900, and January 1, 1901, Mrs. F. S. Earle.
Distribution: Alabama.