''Macrolepiota subcitrophylla'' is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Found in

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and

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s (China), it was described as new to science in 2012 by Zai-Wei Ge. It is closely related to the Australasian '' Macrolepiota clelandii'', but can be distinguished from that species by its yellowish gills and smaller basidiospores, which measure 9.0–12.0 by 6.5–8.0

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. The fruitbody of ''M. subcitrophylla'' has a whitish cap covered with brownish-yellow to reddish-brown scales. Initially egg-shaped or hemispherical when young, it becomes convex to flattened with age, reaching diameters of in diameter. The roughly cylindrical stipe measures long by thick. The

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on the stipe is loosely attached and becomes movable with age.

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* Agaricaceae Edible fungi Fungi described in 2012 Fungi of China Fungus species {{Agaricaceae-stub