Leucocoprinus subglobisporus

Leucocoprinus subglobisporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Leucocoprinus
Species:	L. subglobisporus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus subglobisporus Hongo (1985)

Leucocoprinus subglobisporus
Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is campanulate or depressed
	Hymenium is free
	Stipe has a ring
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown

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

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1985 by the Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo who classified it as Leucocoprinus subglobisporus. ^[3]

Description

Leucocoprinus subglobisporus is a small delicate mushroom with a very thin and fragile white flesh.

Cap: 1.8-2.5cm wide, ovoid or campanulate (bell shaped) and then flattening or depressing with age with a slight raised umbo in the centre. The surface is white and covered in tiny pale greyish-red floccose (woolly) scales which are a darker brownish-red towards and at the centre of the cap. The cap edges are scaly with striations and furrows. Gills: Free, subdistant and white. Stem: 2.5-6cm long and 1.5-2.5mm thick tapering slightly from the thicker base. The surface is white and silky with a very fine powdery coating whilst the interior is hollow. The white, membranous stem ring is movable and narrow. Smell: Indistinct. Spores: Ovoid or subglobose with a narrow germ pore. 6.7-9.7 x 5-7.5μm. ^[3]

Habitat and distribution

L. subglobisporus is scarcely recorded and little known. The specimens studied by Hongo were found growing on a refuse heap in Ōtsu in the Shiga prefecture or Japan. ^[3]

Similar species

• Leucocoprinus lilacinogranulosus is noted as appearing similar but is distinguished by differences in the spore shape. However this species has since been reclassified as Leucocoprinus ianthinus .

References

1. "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus subglobisporus Hongo, J. Jap. Bot. 60(12): 370 (1985)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus subglobisporus".
3. Hongo, Tsugno (1985). "Notes on Japanese larger fungi (23)" (PDF). The Journal of Japanese Botany. 60 (12): 370–372 – via www.jjbotany.com/.