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Pluteus myceniformis Murrill, sp. nov
.Pileus thin, fragile, convex, not expanding, regular, solitary, 3 cm. broad; surface glabrous, smooth or slightly striate, nearly white, yellowish on the disk, margin white, incurved, entire to slightly lacerate; lamellae broad, subdistant, very thin and fragile, white to palesalmon-colored, entire and concolorous on the edges; spores subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, uniguttulate, rose-colored, 8-10 X 7-8 m; stipe short, subequal, smooth, glabrous, white, 2-3 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick.
Type collected on a dead log at Cinchona, Jamaica, 1,500 m. elevation, December 25, 1908, W.A.^ Edna L. Murrill 504 (herb. N.' Y. Bot. Gafd.). 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(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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