Rhodophana nitellina

Species characteristic of broadleaf woodlands, with a convex to applanate pileus, depressed in the center, 2 to 5 cm in diameter, orange-brown, darker at the center; lamellae adnate to decurrent with a tooth, white to cream; a cylindrical, hollow stipe concolorous with the pileus; farinaceous odor and taste.

Cuticle formed by a thin layer of cylindrical hyphae arranged parallel to slightly interwoven, 3 to 7 µm wide, and beneath these broader hyphae up to 15 µm thick, septate and clamped.

Lamellar edge fertile, lacking elements differentiated from basidia (cystidia absent).

Lamellar trama regular or parallel.

Basidia cylindrical-clavate, 22 to 30 µm long, 7 to 9 µm wide, with basal clamp connections and four-spored.

Spores ellipsoidal to amygdaliform, hyaline, verrucose-walled, 6 to 9 µm long, 4 to 5 µm wide, with a prominent apiculus at one end, containing oily matter inside, and inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.