Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius tomentosipes Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 71. 1902
"^^"IsOS '''''^'"''^'^ ^^' ^^Vet.-Akad. Nya Handl. 29; 82. 1808. Not A. caulicinalis Bull. Marasmius caulicinalis Fries, Epicr. Myc. 383. 1838.
Pileus thin, convex, becoming nearly plane, generally umbilicate, gregarious or subcespitose, 1-3.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, widely striate on the margin when moist, goldenyellow, brownish-yellow, or ferruginous, often becoming brown with age: lamellae adnate or decurrent, subdistant, thin, arcuate, pale-yellow: spores 6-7 X 3-4 ju: stipe tough, elastic, hollow, blackish-brown, covered with tawny tomentum, which forms minute, meal-like patches at the apex and a more or less dense mat at the base, 2-6 cm. long, 1-1.5 mm. thick.
Type locaIvITy: Moscow, Idaho.
Habitat: Upon vegetable mold, often among grass or mosses.
Distribution: Canada to Louisiana; also in Europe.
- 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
