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Crepidotus eccentricus Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus small, subcircular, convex, not umbonate, closely gregarious, 5 mm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, isabelline, margin entire, concolorous, incurved; lamellae adnate, broad, ventricose, subcrowded, yellowish to isabelline, entire on the edges; spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, smooth, pale-yellowish-brown under the microscope, 5-6 X 4-5 juj stipe eccentric, very short, enlarged above and below, whitish-mycelioid throughout and arising from a mat of white mycelium, 2 mm. or less long, 0.5 mm. thick.
Type collected on fallen, dead, herbaceous stems in a shaded ravine east of Hope Gardens. Jamaica, December 12, 1908, W. A. Murrill 21 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 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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