Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mycena flava Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus very fragile, conic to fully expanded, broadly umbonate, cespitose, 4-7 cm. broad;
surface viscid, usually glabrous, bright-lemon-yellow to pale-sordid-yellow, margin entire,
concolorous; context pale-lemon-yellow, without characteristic taste or odor; lamellae free,
broad, crowded, ventricose, pale-brown or fulvous at maturity; spores ellipsoid, 14 X 8 n' t
stipe somewhat tapering upward, white, hollow, glabrous above, fibrous-shaggy below, 6-10
cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick.
Type collected on decayed horse manure in an old pasture at Stanford University, California, November 30, 1901, C. F. Baker 161 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Vicinity of Stanford University, California.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
