Naucoria pubescens Murrill 1917

Naucoria pubescens Murrill, sp. nov,
Pileus convex, not fully expanding, 1-1.5 cm. broad; surface dry, striate, uniformly isabelline, finely whitish-pubescent, margin thin, entire, concolorous, becoming lacerate with age; lamellae adnate, subdistant, ferruginous; spores ovoid, smooth, pale-melleous under the microscope, 7 X 4—5.5 /u; stipe short, subequal, isabelline, whitish-fibrillose, cartilaginous, arising from a. mat of white mycelium, about 1 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick.
Type collected on decayed wood in woods at Seattle, Washington, October 20-November 1, 1911, W. A. Murrill 450 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.