Leucopholiota

Leucopholiota
Leucopholiota decorosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Squamanitaceae
Genus:	Leucopholiota (Romagn.) O.K.Mill., T.J.Volk & Bessette
Type species
Leucopholiota decorosa (Peck) O.K.Mill., T.J.Volk & A.E.Bessette
Species
Leucopholiota decorosa Leucopholiota lignicola

Leucopholiota is a genus of fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms}. Two species are currently known, both from north temperate areas: Leucopholiota decorosa ^[1] and Leucopholiota lignicola . ^[2]

References

1. Miller OK, Volk TJ, Bessette AE (1996). "A new genus, Leucopholiota, in the Tricholomataceae (Agaricales) to accommodate an unusual taxon" (PDF). Mycologia. 88 (1): 137–39. doi:10.2307/3760794. JSTOR   3760794. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
2. Harmaja H. (2010). "A new combination in Leucopholiota (Agaricales, Fungi)" (PDF 1st page preview). Phytotaxa. 3: 59–60. ISSN   1179-3155.