Leucocoprinus nympharum
| Leucocoprinus nympharum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Leucocoprinus |
| Species: | L. nympharum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucocoprinus nympharum (Kalchbr.) M. Asif, Saba & Vellinga (2024)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Agaricus nympharum Kalchbr. (1873) | |
| Leucocoprinus nympharum | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex or flat | |
| Hymenium is free | |
| Stipe has a ring | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is unknown | |
Leucocoprinus nympharum is a species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Originally classified as Agaricus nympharum by the Hungarian mycologist Károly Kalchbrenner in 1873 and reclassified as Leucoagaricus nympharum by the French mycologist Marcel Bon in 1977.[2]
It was reclassified as Leucocoprinus nympharum in 2024.[4]
Description
Leucocoprinus nympharum is a large white dapperling mushroom with a distinctive scaly cap which resembles that of Chlorophyllum rhacodes only with a smaller, 4-10cm cap and a more starkly white colour. Despite its distinctive appearance it is seldom recorded and little known.[5]
References
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Leucoagaricus nympharum (Kalchbr.) Bon". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ a b "Species fungorum - Leucoagaricus nympharum (Kalchbr.) Bon, Docums Mycol. 7(nos 27-28): 19 (1977)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Leucoagaricus nympharum".
- ^ Asif, Muhammad; Saba, Malka; Raza, Mubashar; Vellinga, Else C. (2024-06-07). "Molecular insights into fungal diversity reveal three novel species of Leucocoprinus from southern Punjab, Pakistan". Mycologia. 116 (4): 601–620. doi:10.1080/00275514.2024.2351769. ISSN 0027-5514.
- ^ Kibby, Geoffrey (2007-04-01). "Fungal portraits: No. 30: Leucoagaricus nympharum". Field Mycology. 8 (2): 39–40. doi:10.1016/S1468-1641(10)60449-5. ISSN 1468-1641.