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Clitocybe mexicana Murrill, Mycologia 3: 191. 1911
Pileus convex to depressed, irregularly lobed, gregarious, scarcely cespitose, 7 cm. broad; stuface smooth, glabrous, nearly white, with an avellaneous-isabelline tint, margin striate, involute when young: context 1 cm. thick at the center, milk-white, sweet, the odor none when fresh but strong and not unpleasant on drying : lamellae decurrent, crowded, rather narrow, tapering at each end, palewatery-white : spores fusiform, smooth, hyaline, 7 }i long: stipe enlarging slightly above, dealbate, glabrous, finely tomentose near the base, hollow, white inside, with a tough rind, 7 cm. long, nearly 2 cm. thick.
Type locality: Jalapa, Mexico.
Habitat: On the ground among humus in a moist virgin forest.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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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
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