Macropsalliota

Macropsalliota
The type species Macropsalliota americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Macropsalliota Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang (2024)
Type species
Macropsalliota americana (Peck) Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang 2024

Macropsalliota is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Agaricaceae. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This genus was created in 2024 by the Chinese mycologists Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang who reclassified eight Leucoagaricus species as Macropsalliota. ^[2]

Species

Species include:

• Macropsalliota americana
• Macropsalliota dextrinoidespora
• Macropsalliota holospilota
• Macropsalliota majuscula
• Macropsalliota meleagris
• Macropsalliota mucrocystis
• Macropsalliota purpureorubra
• Macropsalliota subtropica
• Macropsalliota tropica

References

1. "Index Fungorum - Macropsalliota Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang, in Yang, Lin, Li, Li & Yang (2024)". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
2. YANG, KUN L.; LIN, JIA Y.; LI, GUANG-MEI; LI, TAIHUI; YANG, ZHU L. (2024-12-11). "Rediscovering Leucoagaricus sinicus, with the recognition of Leucoagaricus and Leucocoprinus as separate genera, and two new genera in Agaricaceae (Basidiomycota)". Phytotaxa. 676 (3): 199–255. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.676.3.1. ISSN   1179-3163.