Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Marasmius bellipes Morgan, Jour. Myc. 11: 207. 1905
Pileus thin, subfleshy, campanulate, then expanded, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous pale-pinkish to purplish, margin plicate-sulcate : lamellae approximate, subdistant, moderately broad, equal, white: spores lance-shaped, 10-12 X 3-4 fx: stipe long, slender, thicker upward, brown and shining below, purplish at the apex, glabrous, arising from abundant mycelium, 4-6 cm. long, 1 mm. thick.
Type locality: Ohio.
Habitat: Old leaves of deciduous trees.
Distribution: New York, Ohio, and Michigan.
- 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
