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Leucoagaricus tricolor

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Leucoagaricus tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Leucoagaricus tricolor.[3]

Description

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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

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The specimens studied by Singer were found growing on clay soil in the tropical forests of Brazil, 30km North of Manaus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Species fungorum - Leucoagaricus tricolor". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. ^ "Mycobank Database - Leucoagaricus tricolor".
  3. ^ a b c Singer, Rolf (1989). "New taxa and new combinations of Agaricales : (Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium IV)". Fieldiana. 21. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History: 98 – via www.biodiversitylibrary.org.