Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Geopetalum oregonense Murrill, Mycologia4: 215. 1912
Pileus thin, sessile, conchate to flabelliform, convex to expanded, milk-white throughout, gregarious on dead wood, reaching 1 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, margin entire, incurved when young and on drying : lamellae subdistant, inserted, rather narrow, white, slightly yellowish when dry: spores pip-shaped, smooth, hyaline, 6-7 X 3-4 ju: stipe wanting, the pileus attached to a small, subglobose, white, tomentose mass.
Type locality: Mill City, Oregon.
Habitat: On fallen dead deciduous branches and logs.
Distribution: Oregon and California.
- 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
