North American Flora: Agaricales, Agaricaceae (Vol. 10 ... - MykoWeb

PART 1, 1914] AGARICACEAE 21
times inserted, avellaneous with a murinous tint; spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline,
granular, 7-9X5-7 n; stipe enlarged above, avellaneous, glabrous, densely longitudinally
striate, smooth and white at the base, white within, stuffed, having a rather tough rind, about
4 cm. long, 3.5 mm. thick below and 7 mm. thick above.
Type collected in rich soil in thin deciduous woods near the New York Botanical Garden, New-
York City, June 4, 1912, E. C. Volkert.
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality.
69. Melanoleuca subfuliginea Murrill, sp. nov.
Pileus convex, umbonate, solitary, 3 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, avellaneous,
dark-avellaneous at the center, becoming chestnut-colored on the umbo after drying, margin
incurved, blackening on drying; lamellae sinuate, plane, crowded, broad, regular, pale-avel-
laneous, becoming smoky-umbrinous on drying; spores ellipsoid, pointed at one end, smooth,
hyaline, 6-7X3-4 n; stipe tapering upward from a bulbous base, smooth, dry, glabrous, white
with a grayish tint, 4 cm. long, 1 cm. thick.
Type collected in leaf-mold in deciduous woods at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, October 3-4,
1911, W. Gilman Thompson &• W. A. Murrill.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
70. Melanoleuca Tottenii Murrill, sp. nov.
Pileus firm, convex to nearly plane, regular or slightly lobed, very rigid on drying, reaching
6 cm. broad; surface very smooth, glabrous, pale-grayish-tan with brownish tints in the center
and indistinct areas of pinkish-lilac; margin thin, projecting, sharply incurved on drying;
context white with a faint rosy tint, very thin except at the center; lamellae deeply sinuate,
sometimes separating from the stipe, rather distant, broad, ventricose, toughish to rigid, white,
becoming tinged with umbrinous to smoke-colored with age or on drying; spores ellipsoid,
smooth, hyaline, 4.5-6.5X3-3.5 n\ stipe rather short and thick, subequal, white with a faint
lilac tint, smooth, glabrous, shining, solid or spongy, faintly tinged with rose within, about 3-5
cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick.
Type collected on the ground in woods in Battle's Park, north of the cemetery, at Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, November 25, 1913, W. C. Coker &• H. R. Totten 1008. Also collected in mixed
woods in the same vicinity, October 28, 1913, W. C. Coker &• H. R. Totten 949.
DISTRIBUTION: Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
71. Melanoleuca resplendens (Fries) Murrill.
Tricholoma resplendens Fries, Monog. Hymen. Suec. ed. 2. 1: 55. 1857:
Pileus fleshy, convex to nearly plane, gregarious, 5-10 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous,
viscid, white, becoming yellow and slightly silky on the disk, shining and often hyaline-spotted
when dried, margin straight; context white, taste mild, odor pleasant; lamellae nearly free when
young, then emarginate, somewhat crowded, rather thick, entire, white; spores 7.5 X4 y.; stipe
solid, glabrous, slightly floccose at the apex, equal or subbulbous, smooth, white, dry, 5-7.5
cm. long, 8-16 mm. thick.
TYPE WJCAMTY: Sweden.
HABITAT: Ground in woods.
DISTRIBUTION: Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina; also in Europe.
ILLUSTRATIONS: Fries, Ic. Hymen, pi. 29; Gill. Champ. Fr. pi. 695; Cooke, Brit. Fungi pi. 55 {64).
72. Melanoleuca subresplendens Murrill, sp. nov.
Pileus fleshy, convex, solitary, 8.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, milk-white,
slightly viscid when moist, not at all silky, margin distinctly lobed, concolorous; context white,
with farinaceous taste and odor; lamellae plane in mass, sinuate, crowded, rather broad, uneven
on the edges, pallid, becoming avellaneous or subfuliginous on drying; spores ellipsoid, smooth,
hyaline, 6-7X4-5 ju; stipe slightly tapering downward, smooth, glabrous, whitish but not
shining, solid with a fibrous rind, not at all bulbous, 7 cm. long, 1.3-2 cm. thick.
Type collected on the ground in woods at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York, October
27, 1912, R. A. Harper.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.