Spodocybe tomentosa J.Z. Xu, Frontiers, 2023

Ma, Jing, Zhang, Guo-Li, Zhang, Wen-Hao, Pu, Yun-Ju & Tang, Li-Ping, 2024, A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Spodocybe (Hygrophoraceae, Agaricales) in China, Phytotaxa 652 (1), pp. 47-58 : 55

Spodocybe tomentosa J.Z. Xu, Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 11, 2023

Chinese name: äȅ灰ȅ杯伞

The detailed description refers to Xu et al. (2023).

Habit and habitat:—Scattered on soil in coniferous forests.

Distribution:— CHINA: Liaoning province at elevations about 430 m.

Comments:— Spodocybe tomentosa is distinguished by its small basidiomata (pileus 1.5−3 cm diam.), brown to dark brown, with finely dense white tomentum pileus; small and ellipsoid basidiospores (3.3–4.9 × 2.2–3.8 μm, Q =1.22–1.55, Q m = 1.4), basidia usually 4-spored, and growing in coniferous forests. This taxon is known to occur in northeast China ( Xu et al. 2023).