Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Omphalina cuspidatella Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to plane, with an abrupt, small, conic, pointed umbo, cespitose, reaching 1 cm. broad; surface white, with a faint rosy tint, slightly silky, smooth, margin thin, entire, white: lamellae decurrent, arcuate, distant, white with a slightly yellowish tint: stipe slightly dilated above and tapering below, smooth, white, glabrous, 1.5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground In rich moist soil under tree ferns at Morce's Gap, Jamaica, December 29-January 2, 1908-9, W. A. &= Edna L. Murrill 727 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.). 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
