Stropharia albivelata (Murrill) Norvell & Redhead 2000

Pholiota albivelata Murrill, Mycologia 4: 260.. 1912
Pileus 2-6 cm. broad, convex to plane, sometimes somewhat umbonate, isabelline tinted with rose, resembling the color of some species of GomphidiuSj the umbo slightly darker, honeyyellow to light-claycolored in herbarium specimens, slimyviscid, glabrous; lamellae adnate or slightly sinuate, ventricose, medium-close or slightly subdistant, becoming fulvous, the edges white-crenate ; veil forming a large erect or pendent, superior or median, persistent annulus, pure-white on the lower side, brown on the upper side from the spores and striate from the lamellae; stipe central, equal, usually heavily white-floccose just below the annulus, pruinose or slightly fioccose above, becoming subglabrous and rarely yellowish toward the base, solid or
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hollow, 5-8 cm. long, '4— 10 mm. thick; spores ovoid to narrow-ellipsoid, smooth, slightly apiculate at one end, 8-10 X 4.5-5.5 /x; cystidia abundant, not projecting conspicuously, small, hyaline with a rounded conspicuous dark-staining body at the apex, sometimes pointed, but more often obtuse, 30-35 X 7.5-9 ju.
Type locality: Seattle, Washington. Habitat: On the ground in woods. Distribution: Washington and Oregon.