Leucocoprinus fragilissimus
| Leucocoprinus fragilissimus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Leucocoprinus |
| Species: | L. fragilissimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucocoprinus fragilissimus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Pat. (1900) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hiatula fragilissima Ravenel (1853)[2] | |
| Leucocoprinus fragilissimus | |
|---|---|
 Mycological characteristics | |
 | gills on hymenium |
 |
cap is campanulate or convex |
 | hymenium is free |
 | stipe has a ring |
 | spore print is white |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: unknown |
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus, commonly known as the fragile dapperling,[3] is a species of gilled mushroom in the family Agaricaceae.
Taxonomy
The species was first documented by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1900.[4]
Description
The cap of the fruit body is up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) wide, bell-shaped when young and growing to convex in maturity. It has a pale yellow colour that fades with age, and white gills. The narrow stalk is between 1 and 3 mm thick and very fragile.[5]
Similar species
Leucocoprinus magnicystidiosus is a similar mushroom, with a darker disc and larger cheilocystidia.[5]
Habitat and distribution
Like all Leucocoprinus species, L. fragilissimus is a saprotroph, living on very decayed plant matter (humus or compost). It grows solitarily or sparsely in wooded areas.[6] The species is found in southern North America, South America, southern Europe, Africa, southern and eastern Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.[3]
Toxicity and chemistry
The toxicity of this mushroom is unknown.[5]
References
- ↑ "Leucocoprinus fragilissimus (Berkeley & M.A. Curtis) Patouillard 1900". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ↑ Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA. (1853). "Centuries of North American fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 417–35.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roberts P, Evans S. (2011). The Book of Fungi. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0226721170.
- ↑ Patouillard N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). Lons-Le-Saunier: Lucien Declume. p. 171.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bessette, Alan; Bessette, Arleen (1997). Mushrooms of northeastern North America. Syracuse University Press. p. 191.
- ↑ "Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming". Retrieved 28 March 2012.