Leucocoprinus venezuelanus

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Leucocoprinus venezuelanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. venezuelanus
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus venezuelanus
Dennis (1961)
Leucocoprinus venezuelanus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Campanulate cap icon.svgUmbonate cap icon.svg Cap is campanulate 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 venezuelanus is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

It was first described in 1961 by the British mycologist Richard William George Dennis who classified it as Leucocoprinus venezuelanus. [3]

Description

Leucocoprinus venezuelanus is a small dapperling mushroom with thin (1mm) white flesh which is unchanging in colour.

Cap: 2-3.5m wide when expanded to its full campanulate (bell shaped) or umbonate shape with very thin and fragile flesh. The surface colour is described as greyish orange and brownish orange in the central disc however as these colours are cited from the 1967 Methuen Handbook of Colour [4] which is out of print and virtually inaccessible today they are hard to convert into modern colour descriptions. As the cap expands the coloured surface breaks up into tiny granular scales against a white background with grooved striations (sulcate-striate) around the cap edges. Gills: Free, close and white. Stem: 3–4 cm tall and 1-2mm thick tapering upwards from a slightly bulbous base. The interior is hollow and the surface is white but it may discolour brown when handled with a pale brown colouring on the lower stem below the ring. The thin, membranous stem ring is located towards the top of the stem (superior) but may disappear, it is described as white or white on the top and brownish below. The stem detaches easily from the cap. Spores: Ovoid to ellipsoid. Dextrinoid. 6-8.5 x 4-5.5 μm. Smell: Floury (farinaceous). [3] [5]

Habitat and distribution

L. venezuelanus is scarcely recorded and little known. The specimens described by Dennis were found growing on the ground near Caracas, Venezuela. [3] The British mycologist David Pegler examined specimens found on a dead stump on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos. [6]

It has also been reported from the Democratic republic of the Congo and a 2003 study documented this species growing in Kerala state, India where they were found growing scattered on soil in a tropical botanic garden. [5]

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References

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  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus venezuelanus".
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dennis, R. W. G. (1961). "Fungi venezuelani: IV. Agaricales". Kew Bulletin. 15 (1): 109–110. Bibcode:1961KewBu..15...67D. doi:10.2307/4115784. ISSN   0075-5974. JSTOR   4115784.
  4. Andreas., Kornerup (1967), Methuen handbook of colour, Methuen, OCLC   270729654 , retrieved 2022-08-11
  5. 1 2 3 Vrinda, KB; Pradeep, CK; Deepa, S; Abraham, TK (January 2003). Written at Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram-695562. "Some leucocoprinoid fungi from Western Ghats". Mushroom Research Vol.12. 12 (1). Kerala, India: 6–7.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. 1 2 Reid, D. A.; Pegler, D. N.; Spooner, B. M. (1980). "An Annotated List of the Fungi of the Galapagos Islands". Kew Bulletin. 35 (4): 847. Bibcode:1980KewBu..35..847R. doi:10.2307/4110185. ISSN   0075-5974. JSTOR   4110185.