Melanoleuca verrucipes

Melanoleuca verrucipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Melanoleuca
Species:	M. verrucipes
Binomial name
Melanoleuca verrucipes Singer (1939)
Synonyms [1]
Armillaria verrucipes Fr. (1872) Agaricus verrucipes(Fr.) Fr. (1874) Gyrophila verrucipes(Fr.) Quél. (1886)

Melanoleuca verrucipes is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. It is described as being a "very distinct species with its blackish dotted stipe." ^[2] It was reportedly first discovered on leaf mulch in Highgate Woods, north London. ^[3] The edibility of the mushroom is not known with certainty. ^[4]

References

1. "Melanoleuca verrucipes (Fr.) Singer 1939". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
2. Noordeloos, M. E.; Kuyper, Th. W.; Vellinga, E.C. (31 December 1999). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica -. Taylor and Francis. p. 155. ISBN   978-90-5410-493-3.
3. British wildlife. British Wildlife Publishing. 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
4. Boa, E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview Of Their Use And Importance To People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 124. ISBN   92-5-105157-7.