Gymnopus fulvidiscus Murrill 1916

Gymnopus fulvidiscus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus rather small, somewhat tough, broadly convex, gibbous, solitary, 1.5-2 cm. broad; surface glabrous, slightly radiate -rugose, somewhat viscid when moist, isabelline, fulvous on the umbo, margin entire, concolorous, infiexed when young: lamellae adnexed, attenuate behind, comparatively broad in front, crowded, white: spores ellipsoid, pointed at one end, smooth, hyaline, 5-6 X 3-4 m: stipe slender, equal, compressed, becoming twisted on drying, cartilaginous, minutely pruinose at the apex, pale-reddish-brown, 4 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick.
Type collected in leaf -mold in a redwood forest at Preston's Ravine, near Palo Alto, California, November 25, 1911, W. A. Murrill ^ L. R. Abrams 1215 (herb, N. Y. Bot Card ) Distribution: Known only from the type locality.