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Filoboletus gracilis (Klotzsch ex Berk.) Singer

photograph by R. E. Halling, © 1999

This agaric is fairly widespread in the Neotropics outside of ectotrophic forests. It grows on dead wood, is fairly brittle with a gelatinous context and resembles a Mycena in stature. The hymenophore is formed of very fine pores typically visible only with a lens.

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