Leucocoprinus subglobisporus

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Leucocoprinus subglobisporus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. subglobisporus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus subglobisporus
Hongo (1985)
Leucocoprinus subglobisporus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Campanulate cap icon.svgDepressed cap icon.svg Cap is campanulate or depressed
Free gills icon2.svg Hymenium is free
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Spore print is white
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
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Leucocoprinus subglobisporus is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

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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]

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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. 1 2 3 Hongo, Tsugno (1985). "Notes on Japanese larger fungi (23)" (PDF). The Journal of Japanese Botany. 60 (12): 370–372 via www.jjbotany.com/.