Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pleuropus earlei Murrill, Mycologia 3: 280. 1911
ClUopilus Earlei Murrill, Mycologia 4: 332. 1912.
Pileus t hi n, firm, convex to subexpanded, umbilicate, gregarious, 1-2 cm. broad; surface pure-white, glabrous, margin entire, inrolled when young; lamellae shortdecurrent, subcrowded, narrow, irregular, pure-white to pink; spores angular, 7 X 5-6 m; stipe short, subequal, often flattened, pure-white, fistulose, minutely pruinose to glabrous, surrounded at the base with whitish mycelium, 2-3 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type locality: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Habitat: On the ground in a banana field. Distribution: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
