Gymnopus farinaceus Murrill 1916

Gymnopus farinaceus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex, not fully expanding, umbilicate or depressed, gregarious or cespitose, reaching 3 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, hygrophanous, dull-whitish or pale-isabelline, pruinose at the center, margin entire, concolorous, inflexed when young: context dullwhitish, with an exceedingly strong farinaceous odor; lamellae adnate, crowded, dull-grayishwhite to brownish-discolored: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 6-7 X 4-5 mstipe rather short, more or less compressed, tough, smooth, dry, glabrous, fumosous, 3 cm. long, 1-5 mm. thick.
Type collected in mossy, shaded earth about stumps and rocks in the New York Botanical Garden, October 5, 1911, W. A. Murrill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Known only irom the type locality.