Pluteus lepiotiformis Murrill 1917

Pluteus lepiotiformis Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus small, convex, not fully expanding, not umbonate, solitary, 1-2 cm. broad, much resembling in a dried condition certain small species of Lepiota; surface not striate, pale-isabelline, with black, strigose, appressed hairs, which are more abundant on the disk, margin pallid, often lacerate with age; lamellae free, subcrowded, rather broad, white to pale-salmoncolored, fragile, entire and concolorous on the edges; spores globose, smooth, rose-colored, 7 m; stipe very slender, equal, smooth, glabrous, white, about 3 cm. long and 1 mm. thick.
Type collected on the ground in wet woods in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 6, 1908, F. S. Earle 74 (herb. .N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.