Leucocoprinus mauritianus

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Leucocoprinus mauritianus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. mauritianus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus mauritianus
(Henn.) P.Mohr (2004)
Synonyms

Lepiota mauritiana Henn. (1908)

Leucocoprinus mauritianus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Campanulate cap icon.svgor campanulate
Free gills icon2.svg Hymenium is free
Ring stipe icon.svg Stipe has a ring
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Question.pngEdibility is unknown

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

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Taxonomy

It was described in 1908 by the German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings who classified it as Lepiota mauritiana. [3]

In 2004 it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus mauritianus by the mycologist Peter Mohr. [4]

Description

Leucocoprinus mauritianus is a small dapperling mushroom with thin white flesh. Hennings provided only a basic description of this species:

Cap: 1.6-2.2 cm wide, ovoid to campanulate with an obtuse umbo. The surface is grey with a scaly brown umbo and sulcate striations from the margin, where there are fissures and folds. Gills: Freem, crowded and pale with a ventricose bulge. Stem: Smooth and pale running equally to the base, which is not significantly bulbous. Hollow. The stem ring membranous and whitish. Spores: 9-12 x 6-7 μm. Subovoid. Hyaline. [3]

Etymology

The specific epithet mauritianus, originally mauritiana is named for Mauritius where it was found. [3]

Habitat and distribution

The specimens studied by Hennings were found growing on the ground in Mauritius. [3]

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References

  1. "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus mauritianus (Henn.) P. Mohr". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus mauritianus".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Voeltzkow, Alfred; Wentzel-stiftung, Hermann und Elise geb Heckmann (1908). Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905 : mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung : Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 27.
  4. Mohr, P.; Ludwig, E. (2004). "Vier neue Arten aus den Gattungen Leucoagaricus und Leucocoprinus mit bräunlichen bis rußfarbigen Tönungen in den Hutfarben". Feddes Repertorium. 115 (1–2): 20–34. doi:10.1002/fedr.200311022.