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Lepiota roseifolia Murrill, Mycologia 4: 235. 1912
Pileus regular, convex to subexpanded, solitary, 4 cm. broad ; surface dry, shining, innatefibrillose, radiate-rimose, smooth and glabrous at the center, castaneous, blackish-tinged when fresh, assuming a more reddish tint after picking ; lamellae free, crowded, slightly ventricose, regular, white when fresh, changing to rose-colored on drying or when bruised; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-8X3-3.5 m; stipe equal, compressed, very long because buried in leaves, hollow, smooth, glabrous, avellaneous-isabelline, white at the apex, 17 cm. long, 5 mm. thick; annulus superior, slight, fixed, fuliginous.
Type locality: L,a Honda, California. Habitat: In humus in a redwood forest. 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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