Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius theobromicola Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus hemispheric to convex, umbilicate, not expanding, small, gregarious, reaching 2 mm.
broad; surface white, subpruinose, especially at the center, becoming glabrous, striate, margin
entire, concolorous: lamellae adnate, very broad, few, distant, plane, not interveined, white:
spores ovoid, smooth, hyaline, 5-6X3-4ju; stipe filiforrn, white, smooth, glabrous, enlarged
at the apex, whitish-mycelioid at the base, 1-1.5 cm. long.
Type collected on decayed cocoa pods in dense shade at "The Bower," St. George's, Grenada, West Indies, September, 1905, W. E. Broadway (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Known only from the type locaUty.
- 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
