Leucocoprinus magnusianus

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Leucocoprinus magnusianus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. magnusianus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus magnusianus
(Henn.) Singer (1949)
Synonyms

Lepiota magnusiana Henn. (1891)
Hiatula magnusiana Singer (1943)

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Leucocoprinus magnusianus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Campanulate cap icon.svg Cap is campanulate
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
Mycomorphbox Question.pngEdibility is unknown

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

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1891 by the German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings who classified it as Lepiota magnusiana. [3]

The German mycologist Rolf Singer reclassified it as Hiatula magnusiana in 1943 [4] and then as Leucocoprinus magnusianus in 1949. [5]

Description

Lepiota magnusiana only has a brief description provided by Hennings. It is described as having red flesh and a stem which discolours reddish. [3] This is a common feature in Lepiota species but would be unusual for a Leucocoprinus.

Cap: 1–5 cm wide, starting ovoid or cylindrical before expanding to campanulate (bell shaped) with thin flesh. The surface is white and covered in powdery scales whilst the centre discolours yellow with age and the cap edges are striated. Gills: Free, crowded and white. Stem: 2–7 cm tall and 2–3 mm thick with a white surface that discolours reddish and a hollow interior. The membranous stem ring has a woolly (floccose) texture. Spores: Ovoid. Smell: Indistinct.Taste: Indistinct. [3]

Habitat and distribution

L. magnusianus is scarcely recorded and little known. [6] Hennings documented it from a hothouse in the Berlin botanical garden. [3]

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References

  1. "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus magnusianus (Henn.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 424 (1951)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus magnusianus".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Saccardo, P. A.; Traverso, G. B.; Trotter, A. (1891). Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum. Vol. 9. Patavii: sumptibus auctoris. p. 7.
  4. Singer, Rolf (1943). "Das system der Agaricales III". Annales Mycologici. 41 (1): 168–169 via www.cybertruffle.org.uk.
  5. Singer, Rolf (1949-11-01). "Los Agaricales en la taxonomía moderna". Lilloa. 22: 424. ISSN   2346-9641.
  6. "Leucocoprinus magnusianus (Henn.) Singer". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-13.