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- ↑ Murrill WA. (1938). "New Florida agarics". Mycologia. 30 (4): 359–71. doi:10.2307/3754461. JSTOR 3754461.
- ↑ Baroni TJ. (1982). "Tricholosporum and notes on Omphaliaster and Clitocybe". Mycologia . 74 (6): 865–71. doi:10.2307/3792714. JSTOR 3792714.