Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Nolanea avellanea Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus thin, campanulate, papillate, gregarious, 2-3 cm. broad; surface glabrous, striate, avellaneous, margin thin, entire to undulate, sometimes splitting with age, pale-avellaneous ; lamellae adnexed, nearly free, rather broad, subdistant, entire on the edges; spores very irregular in shape, with long, angular projections, uniguttulate, rose-colored, 10-12 X 7 m; stipe slender, fistulose, smooth, glabrous, often twisted, cartilaginous, snapping readily, whitish, 6-8 cm. long, 2 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground at the edge of deciduous woods in the New York Botanical Garden, August 10, 1915, W.A. Murrill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Habitat: On the ground in moist woods, sometimes among mosses. Distribution: New York and Massachusetts.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
