Leucopaxillus paradoxus

Leucopaxillus paradoxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Leucopaxillus
Species: L. paradoxus
Binomial name
Leucopaxillus paradoxus
(Costantin & L.M.Dufour) Boursier
Synonyms[1]

1896 Clitocybe paradoxa Costantin & L.M.Dufour
1925 Lepista paradoxa (Costantin & L.M. Dufour) Maire
1943 Leucopaxillus albissimus var. paradoxus (Costantin & L.M.Dufour) Singer & A.H.Sm

Leucopaxillus is a species of fungus in the Tricholomataceae family, and the type species of the genus Leucopaxillus. It was first described as Clitocybe paradoxa in 1896, and transferred to the newly created Leucopaxillus in 1925.[2] It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Leucopaxillus paradoxus (Costantin & L.M. Dufour) Boursier 1925". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=273556. Retrieved 2010-12-09. 
  2. ^ Boursier J. (1925). "Leucopaxillus nov. gen." (in French). Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 41: 391–93. 
  3. ^ Zhishu B, Zheng G, Taihui L. (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province (Chinese University Press). New York: Columbia University Press. p. 327. ISBN 962-201-556-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=0cAered-vqYC&lpg=PA327&dq=Leucopaxillus%20paradoxus&pg=PA327. 

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