Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pluteolus cremeus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus conic to subexpanded, truncate, scattered, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, uniformly cream-colored, margin entire, concolorous, not striate; context creamcolored, with farinaceous taste but without characteristic odor; lamellae free, crowded, rather broad, ventricose, fulvous at maturity, whitish and finely serrulate on the edges; spores ovoid, smooth, melleous under the microscope, 8-9 X 5-6 y,; stipe cylindric, equal, cartilaginous, hollow, smooth, glabrous, whitish, 3-5 cm. long, 1.5-3 mm. thick.
Type collected among sticks and leaves in rich soil under trees at Madera Creek, near Stanford University, California, December 21, 1902, James McMurphy 57 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Known onlv from the tvoe localitv.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
