Pulverulina Matheny & K.W. Hughes, gen. nov.
Index Fungorum number: MB 835131; Facesoffungi number: FoF
Type: Clitocybe ulmicola H.E. Bigelow
Etymology: Pulverulina (Latin), in reference to the pruinose stipe of the basidi- omata.
Diagnosis: Basidiomata pileate-stipitate with short-decurrent distant lamellae; stipe pruinose, tough, not insititious; basidiospores smooth, thin-walled, inamyloid; caulocystidia long and cylindric; hyphae of lamellar trama interwoven, thin- to slightly thick-walled; lignicolous on bark of living trees (Ulmus, Quercus).
Distribution: Tennessee (type) and North Carolina.
Species: Pulverulina ulmicola (see below).
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