Leucocoprinus bakeri

Leucocoprinus bakeri
Scientific classification
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 Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is free
	Stipe has a ring
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown

Leucocoprinus bakeri is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. ^{[1] [2]}

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]}

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. 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. Singer, Rolf; Gomez P., Luis D. (1982). "Basidiomycetes of Costa Rica I". Brenesia. 1982 (19/20): 42.