Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lepiota purpureoconia Atk. Jour. Myc. 8: 116. 1902
Pileus very thin, convex, scattered, 1-2 cm. broad; surface whitish, but covered with a heliotrope-purple, powdery substance that forms the universal veil; context white tinged with yellow; lamellae close but free, rounded, rather distant, broad, stout, white, tinged with yellow; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 8-10X3-4 u; stipe fleshy, even, whitish, covered with heliotrope-purple powder below the annulus, solid; annulus evanescent.
Type locality: Ithaca, New York.
Habitat: On the ground in woods.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
