Leucoagaricus tricolor

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Leucoagaricus tricolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucoagaricus
Species:
L. tricolor
Binomial name
Leucoagaricus tricolor
Singer (1989)
Leucoagaricus tricolor
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
Free gills icon2.svg Hymenium is free
Ring stipe icon.svg Stipe has a ring
Transparent spore print icon.svg
Spore print is white
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Question.pngEdibility is unknown

Leucoagaricus tricolor is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Leucoagaricus tricolor. [3]

Description

Leucoagaricus tricolor is a small dapperling mushroom with thin whitish flesh.

Cap: 6mm wide and convex. The surface is purple with a paler margin and a purple fibrillose coating. Gills: Crowded, free, pale grey drying to brown-grey. Stem: 14cm long and 0.6mm thick. The surface is white with a powdery (pruinose) coating. The stem ring is white and also pruinose. Spores: Ellipsoidal with a double wall and obvious germ pore. Dextrinoid. (7.5) 8.2-9 x 4.5-5.2 μm. Basidia: 24-27 x 7.5-9.5μm. Four spored. [3]

Habitat and distribution

The specimens studied by Singer were found growing on clay soil in the tropical forests of Brazil, 30km North of Manaus. [3]

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References

  1. "Species fungorum - Leucoagaricus tricolor". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucoagaricus tricolor".
  3. 1 2 3 Singer, Rolf (1989). "New taxa and new combinations of Agaricales : (Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium IV)". Fieldiana. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History. 21: 98 via www.biodiversitylibrary.org.