Leucoagaricus tricolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Leucoagaricus |
Species: | L. tricolor |
Binomial name | |
Leucoagaricus tricolor Singer (1989) | |
Leucoagaricus tricolor | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is free | |
Stipe has a ring | |
Spore print is white | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is unknown |
Leucoagaricus tricolor is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
Taxonomy
It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Leucoagaricus tricolor.[3]
Description
Leucoagaricus tricolor is a small dapperling mushroom with thin whitish flesh.
Cap: 6mm wide and convex. The surface is purple with a paler margin and a purple fibrillose coating. Gills: Crowded, free, pale grey drying to brown-grey. Stem: 14cm long and 0.6mm thick. The surface is white with a powdery (pruinose) coating. The stem ring is white and also pruinose. Spores: Ellipsoidal with a double wall and obvious germ pore. Dextrinoid. (7.5) 8.2-9 x 4.5-5.2 μm. Basidia: 24-27 x 7.5-9.5μm. Four spored.[3]
Habitat and distribution
The specimens studied by Singer were found growing on clay soil in the tropical forests of Brazil, 30km North of Manaus.[3]
References
- ↑ "Species fungorum - Leucoagaricus tricolor". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ "Mycobank Database - Leucoagaricus tricolor".
- 1 2 3 Singer, Rolf (1989). "New taxa and new combinations of Agaricales : (Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium IV)". Fieldiana. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History. 21: 98 – via www.biodiversitylibrary.org.