Panellus flabellatus Murrill 1915

Panellus flabellatus Murrill, sp. nov.-
Pileus sessile or with a very short lateral stipe, flabelliform, usually convex and more or
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less irregular, very thin, imbricate-cespitose, 3-6 cm. long and 6-10 cm. broad; surface glabrous, smooth, white to cremeous or ochraceous, margin concolorous, irregular or lobed: context thin, fleshy-tough, with rather pleasant taste and odor: lamellae extremely crowded and narrow, inserted but not forked, white to ochraceous, the edges entire: spores ovoid, smooth, hyaline, 5X3-4/i: stipe a mere lateral tubercle, at times reaching 1 cm. in length, white, glabrous or slightly pruinose, marked with the decurrent lamellae.
Type collected on a fallen log in dense woods near Jalapa, Mexico, December 12-20, 1909, W. A. b' Edna L. Murrill 201 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.)Distribution: Vera Cruz; also in Venezuela.