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Pholiota cinchonensis Murrill, Mycologia 5: 33. 1913
Pileus 1.5 cm. broad, thin, becoming plane, ochroleucous to ochraceous, dry, granular.
tomentose, striate, straight and even on the margin; lamellae adnate, with a decurrent tooth,
isabelline, 1-2 mm. broad; veil forming a white, nearly central, sometimes ample annulus;
stipe central, terete, equal, paler than the pileus, glabrous or nearly so, sometimes with fibrils
on the lower part, attached at the base to a white mat of mycelium, 1.5 cm. long, 1 mm. thick;
spores rather broadly ellipsoid, smooth, 7-8 X 4-5 m; cystidia none.
Type locality: Cinchona, Jamaica. Habitat: On a dead stick in woods. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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William Alphonso Murrill, Calvin Henry Kauffman, Lee Oras Overholts. 1924. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars), INOCYBE, PHOLIOTA. North American flora. vol 10(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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