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Lepiota sequoiarum Murrill, Mycologia 4: 233. 1912
Pileus thin, convex to nearly plane, umbonate, gregarious, 2-4 cm. broad; surface dry, finely imbricate-fibrillose-scaly, white, the center more densely fibrillose and tinged with isabelline, the remainder of the surface being at times tinged with the same color in the scales; context loosely woven, thin, white; lamellae white, free, close, narrow; spores ovoid to ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-9X3.5-4 /x; stipe tapering upward, long, slender, white, smooth, glabrous, hollow, reaching 10 cm. long and 5 mm. thick; annulus superior, white, not fixed but collapsed on the stipe, persistent.
Type locality: Muir Woods, California.
Habitat: On the ground.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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