Leucocoprinus bulbipes

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Leucocoprinus bulbipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. bulbipes
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus bulbipes
Raithelh. (1987)
Synonyms

Agaricus bulbipes Mont. (1856)
Lepiota bulbipes Sacc. (1887)
Mastocephalus bulbipes Kuntze (1891)
Chamaeceras bulbipes Kuntze (1898)

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Leucocoprinus bulbipes
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Campanulate cap icon.svgConvex cap icon.svg Cap is campanulate or 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

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

Taxonomy

It was described in 1856 by the French mycologist Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne who classified it as Agricus (Lepiota) bulbipes. [3] Montagne's description was based upon specimens collected by Hugh Algernon Weddell on his expeditions in South America. [3]

In 1887 it was reclassified as Lepiotabulbipes by the Italian mycologist Pier Andrea Saccardo [4] and then as Mastocephalus bulbipes in 1891 by the German botanist Otto Kunze, [5] however Kunze's Mastocephalus genus, along with most of 'Revisio generum plantarum' was not widely accepted by the scientific community of the age so it remained a Lepiota. Likewise Kunze's later classification as Chamaeceras bulbipes was not accepted.

In 1987 it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus bulbipes by the mycologist Jörg Raithelhuber. [6]

Raithelhuber also notes that Lepiota cinerascens as described by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini in 1898 may be a synonym however this name was invalid as it had already been used by Lucien Quélet in 1894 [7] and so the species Spegazzini described was reclassified as Lepiota spegazzinii in 1912. [8]

Description

Leucocoprinus bulbipes is a small dapperling mushroom.

Cap: 3–4 cm wide starting campanulate before spreading out to convex. The surface is pale with a black or blackish-brown centre disc and striations running from the edges of the cap. It is fibrous and noted as being 'somewhat fleshier' than other Leucocoprinus species. Gills: Pale, free and close sometimes with denticulate edges. Stem: 7–8 cm long and almost cylindrical but with a bulbous base. The surface is whitish and powdery and the ring is persistent but slender. Spores: Oval with a somewhat thick wall and indistinct germ pore. 10.2-12.6 x 7–8.4μm. [6]

In Montagne's description of the species he notes grey radial striations and a reddish brown (rufescente) centre. [3]

Habitat and distribution

The specimens studied by Montagne were found growing on the ground amongst rotting leaves in the humid forests of Goiás, Brazil during November. [3]

The specimens studied by Raithelhuber were found growing in forests in Brazil. [6]

Similar species

Raithelhuber notes that Lepiota brebissonii (now Leucocoprinus brebissonii ) is similar but has narrower spores and a different cap shape. The spore size is also very similar to that of Leucocoprinus inflatus which Raithelhuber notes may just be a variety of L. bulbipes. [6]

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References

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  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus bulbipes".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Montagne, Camille (1856). "Septième Centurie de Plantes Cellulaires Nouvelles, Tant Indigènes Qu'Exotiques". Annales des sciences naturelles. Paris: Fortin, Masson. 4 (5): 352 via www.biodiversitylibrary.org.
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  5. Kuntze, Otto (1891). Revisio generum plantarum:vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum ... Vol. 2. Leipzig: A. Felix [etc.] p. 860.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Die Gattung Leucocoprinus in Den A B C - Staaten". Metrodiana. 15 (2): 38–39. 10 August 1987.
  7. "Species Fungorum - Leucoagaricus cinerascens (Quél.) Bon & Boiffard, in Gams, Docums Mycol. 8(no. 29): 38 (1978)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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