Leucocoprinus bakeri

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Leucocoprinus bakeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. bakeri
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus bakeri
(Dennis) Singer (1982)
Synonyms

Lepiota bakeri Dennis (1952)

Leucocoprinus bakeri
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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
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Spore print is white
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
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Leucocoprinus bakeri is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

It was first described in 1952 by the British mycologist Richard William George Dennis who classified it as Lepiota bakeri. [3]

In 1982, it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus bakeri by the German mycologist Rolf Singer. [4]

Description

Leucocoprinus bakeri is a small dapperling mushroom with white flesh. [3]

Cap: 7 cm wide. Convex, with a pinkish-buff (light brownish yellow) surface and fine brown scales (squamules) and a brown umbo. It is striated at the edges of the cap. Stem: Bulbous at the base and tapering to the tip with a pinkish-buff surface that has woolly (tomentose) scales below the ring. The membranous stem ring is located towards the top of the stem (superior) and is white with brown edges. Gills: Free, crowded (5-6mm) and white. Spores: Elliptical, dextrinoid, 5-7 x 3.5-4 μm. [3]

Habitat and distribution

L. bakeri is scarcely recorded and little known. It has been found in Costa Rica and Trinidad. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus bakeri (Dennis) Singer, in Singer & Goméz, Brenesia 19/20: 42 (1982)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus bakeri".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dennis, R. W. G. (1952). "Lepiota and Allied Genera in Trinidad, British West Indies". Kew Bulletin. 7 (4): 459–499. Bibcode:1952KewBu...7..459D. doi:10.2307/4117800. ISSN   0075-5974. JSTOR   4117800.
  4. 1 2 Singer, Rolf; Gomez P., Luis D. (1982). "Basidiomycetes of Costa Rica I". Brenesia. 1982 (19/20): 42.