Melanoleuca fumosella Murrill 1914

Melanoleuca fumosella Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to depressed and somewhat irregular, scattered, 5.5-8 cm. broad; surface smooth, dry, opaque, pale-smoky, darker with age, margin paler at times, often lobed; context PART 1, 1914] AGARICAC3AE 29
white, compact, with strongly farinaceous odor and taste ; lamellae narrow to medium, sinuate, slightly decurrent at times with age, white, unchanging; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 5-6.5 X 3-4 m ; stipe subequal, white, smooth, usually solid within, 4-7 cm. long, 1.5-2.3 cm. thick.
Type collected among oak leaves at Claremont, California, in January, C. F. Baker 5078. Distribution: Rriown only from the type locality.