Leucocoprinus tropicus

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Leucocoprinus tropicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. tropicus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus tropicus
Natarajan & Manjula (1982)
Leucocoprinus tropicus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svgDepressed cap icon.svg Cap is convex or depressed
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
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Leucocoprinus tropicus is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

It was first described in 1982 by the Indian mycologists K.V. Natarajan and B. Manjula who classified it as Leucocoprinus tropicus. [3]

Description

Leucocoprinustropicus is a dapperling mushroom with thin whitish-yellow flesh.

Cap: 6.5-7cm wide, flattened convex and depressing with maturity. The surface is white with a brownish umbo and loose brown scales scattered across the surface which may disappear with age. There are striations at the cap edges. Gills: Free, crowded and white. Stem: 9-10 cm tall and 5-8mm thick without a noticeably thicker base or any tapering. The surface is white and the interior hollow and white mycelium may be present at the base. The persistent, membranous stem ring is white and located towards the top of the stem (superior). Spore print: White. Spores: Ellipsoid with a germ pore. 8.8-13.2 x 5.5-7.7 μm. [3]

Habitat and distribution

L. tropicus is scarcely recorded and little known. The specimens studied by Natarajan and Manjula were found growing on soil at Raj Bhavan in Tamil Nadu, India in November 1978. [3]

Etymology

The specific epithet tropicus derives from the Greek tropikós meaning tropical. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus tropicus Natarajan & Manjula, Mycologia 74(1): 132 (1982)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus tropicus". Mycobank Database - www.mycobank.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Natarajan, K.; Manjula, B. (1982). "South Indian Agaricales: XI". Mycologia. 74 (1): 130–137. doi:10.2307/3792637. ISSN   0027-5514. JSTOR   3792637.
  4. ↑ "tropicus", Wiktionary, 2021-01-18, retrieved 2022-07-28
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