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Mycena mexicana Murrill, Mycologia 4: 73. 1912
Bolbitius mexicanus Murrill, Mycologia 4: 332. 1912.
Pileus subcespitose, conic to expanded, umbonate, about 2 cm. broad; surface striate, avellaneous, fuliginous on the umbo, subglabrous, dry; lamellae adnexed, rather broad, becoming ferruginous and at length slightly deliquescent; spores ovoid, smooth, ochroleucous under a microscope, usually uninucleate, 8-9 X 4.5-5 p; stipe slender, white, glabrous, cylindric, equal, hollow, 3-4 cm. long, 1 mm. thick.
Type locality: Xuchiles, near Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Habitat: On decayed wood in coffee plantations. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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