Squamanita citricolor

Squamanita citricolor is a species of fungus in the family Squamanitaceae.

Found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , it was first described as new to science in 1998.

Fruit bodies of the fungus have a yellow cap, and a whitish to yellowish stipe originating from a yellowish, deeply rooting basal bulb in the shape of an inverted cone.

Microscopically, the fungus features very thick-walled spindle-shaped (fusiform) pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia.

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