Species key characters: Basidiomata pyriform to turbinate. Subgleba well developed (> 1/3 of basidiome) cellular, cream-colored (4A3). Exoperidium ornamentation composed of minute spines (< 0.3 mm length) becoming wart-like or granulose with age, brown (6E8), incrusted with grains of sand, ornamentation falling off from the apex to halfway down the stem of the basidioma at complete maturity. Endoperidium surface smooth, grayish brown (6D3). Gleba powdery brown (6E8). Exoperidium composed of globose to pyriform sphaerocysts. Apical endoperidium composed of mycosclerids and hyphae with inflated terminations. Capillitium without pores and septa, paracapillitium abundant. Basidiospores globose, 3–5 μm, punctate [A–B] often [A] in LM, minute spines (< 0.5 μm) in SEM.

There are only a few records of the species from Northeastern Brazil. We, thus, suggest this species to be categorized as Near Threatened (NT).

Only known from Northeastern Brazil.

Only known from Northeastern Brazil (11 collections) according to literature and recent field collections.

Occurs in sandy soil. In Brazil, the species is found in Atlantic Forest.

The species is found in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot.

Reports in Brazil are from protected area.

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