Melanoleuca eduriformis Murrill 1914

Melanoleuca eduriformis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus rather thin, becoming expanded or slightly depressed, gregarious to subcespitose, reaching 10 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, polished, hygrophanous when wet, not viscid, isabelline to fulvous, scarcely darker at the center, margin concolorous, somewhat lobed; context white, with fragrant odor and very pleasant, mealy to nutty flavor; lamellae sinuate, rather narrow, crowded, white, unchanging; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 5-6X2-3 fi; stipe larger above or below, rather irregular, pale-yellowish, white at the apex, smooth, glabrous, hollow, 8 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. thick.
Type collected on the ground in leaf -mold by the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden, August 29, 1911, W. A. Murrill.
Distribution: Known only froiu the type locality.