| Lepiota ochrospora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lepiota |
| Species: | L. ochrospora |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepiota ochrospora | |
Lepiota ochrospora | |
|---|---|
 | Gills on hymenium |
  | Cap is ovate or umbonate |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Lepiota ochrospora is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]
It was described in 1893 by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke & George Edward Massee who classified it as Lepiota ochrospora. [3]
Paul Heinemann suggested that this species may be synonymous with Leucocoprinus gandour however that species was found in Africa whereas Lepiota ochrospora was found in South America. [4]
Cap: 5–15 cm wide starting ovate then expanding with an umbo. The surface is pale with dark scales which are more dense around the umbo. The cap flesh is 2 cm thick at the disc and thinner at the margin, where there are striations. Gills: Free, moderately broad and ventricose. Yellowish drying to cinnamon. Stem: 6–15 cm long tapering upwards from a bulbous base. The surface has vertical striations running up the length and the interior is hollow. The stem ring is large and movable. Spores: 8 × 6 μm. Ovate and apiculate. Ochre in colour when viewed microscopically. Smell: Pleasant. Taste: Pleasant. [3]
"Reaching to eight inches in diameter, highly fragrant like the best mushroom, and equally edible."
— Mordecai Cubitt Cooke & George Edward Massee, Exotic Fungi 1892-1893, Pg.73 [3]
The dried specimen of this species is held by The New York Botanical Garden. [5]
The specific epithet ochrospora is named for the colour of the spores of this mushroom. [3]
The specimens studied were found the Coast Lands of British Guiana (now Guyana) where they were found growing on the ground. [3]
Cooke and Massee state that it resembles Lepiota procera (now Macrolepiota procera ) but that the spores are distinctly coloured like those of Cortinarii ( Cortinarius ). [3]
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