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Crepidotus calolepidoides Murrill, Mycologia 5: 30. 1913
Pileus rather thick, fleshy, strongly convex above, concave below, solitary, narrowly attached behind, 3 cm. broad; surface melleous with an ochraceous tint on the umbo, which is decorated with minute, fulvous, conic elevations; margin striate, dull-brownish in dried specimens, being very distinct in color from the remainder of the surface ; attachment of pileus white, finely pubescent or slightly strigose: lamellae broad, not crowded, slightly arcuate, cremeous to fulvous; spores ovoid, smooth, dull-melleous, 8-10 X 5-6 p.
Type locality : Latimer trail, Cinchona, Jamaica. Habitat: On a small dead branch of a deciduous shrub. Distribution: Known only from the type locality. *
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William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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