Leucocoprinus medioflavus

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Leucocoprinus medioflavus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. medioflavus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus medioflavus
(Boud.) Bon (1976)
Synonyms

Lepiota medioflava Boud. (1894)
Leucoagaricus medioflavus Bon (1976)
Leucocoprinus medioflavus var. niveus Migl. & Rava (1999)

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Leucocoprinus medioflavus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Depressed cap icon.svgUmbonate cap icon.svg Cap is depressed or umbonate
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 medioflavus is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1894 by the French mycologist Jean Louis Émile Boudier who classified it as Lepiota medioflava. [3] Boudier also provided various illustrations of the mushroom in different stages of growth. [4]

In 1976 it was classified as Leucocoprinus medioflavus and as the synonym Leucoagaricus medioflavus by the French mycologist Marcel Bon. [1]

In 1999 the variant Leucocoprinus medioflavus var. niveus was described by the mycologists Vincenzo Migliozzi & Marcello Rava. [5] This is now considered a synonym.

Description

Leucocoprinus medioflavus is a small dapperling mushroom with thin white flesh and a pronounced yellow umbo. Boudier described this mushroom in 1894 as follows:

Cap: 2–3 cm wide. White, striated and with a powdery white coating or finely woolly (tomentose) to silky texture. Bulbous or cylindrical when immature expanding to flat with a depressed centre and a prominent yellow umbo. Cap edges lift upwards when mature. Gills: White, free, crowded. Stem: 4–7 cm tall (including the cap thickness). White but tapers up from the thicker base which is often yellow. The stem ring is in the middle of the stem (median) and curls upwards. The stem is slightly scaly (furfuraceous) above the ring and woolly (tomentose) below. Spore print: White Spores: Equilateral, ovate, obtuse, often filled with a small droplet. 5-6 x 3 μm. [3]

Habitat and distribution

L. medioflavus is scarcely recorded and little known. Boudier's 1894 description says the specimens studied were found in France on moist earth in the heat of June, growing in large numbers inside a nursery greenhouse. [3]

Etymology

The specific epithet medioflavus (originally medioflava) derives from the Latin medio meaning 'in the middle' and flavus meaning yellow, flaxen or blonde. [6] This is a reference to the distinct yellow umbo in the centre of the mushroom.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus medioflavus (Boud.) Bon, Docums Mycol. 6(no. 24): 45 (1976)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus medioflavus".
  3. 1 2 3 Boudier, Jean Louis Émile (1894). "Nouvelles Espèces De Champignons De France". Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France. p. 59.
  4. Boudier, Jean Louis Émile (1894). "Nouvelles Espèces De Champignons De France". Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France. p. Plate I.
  5. Migliozzi, Vincenzo; Rava, Marcello (1999). "Due interessanti Leucocoprinus bianchi.Leucocoprines medioflavus var. niveus var.nov. e Leucocoprinus straminellus var. albus comb. nov". Micologia e vegetazione Mediterranea. pp. 23–32.
  6. "Botanical Latin (L) & Greek (G)" (PDF).