Leucoagaricus tricolor
| Leucoagaricus tricolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Leucoagaricus |
| Species: | L. tricolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucoagaricus tricolor Singer (1989)
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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[edit]
It was described in 1989 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer who classified it as Leucoagaricus tricolor.[3]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
The specimens studied by Singer were found growing on clay soil in the tropical forests of Brazil, 30km North of Manaus.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Species fungorum - Leucoagaricus tricolor". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Leucoagaricus tricolor".
- ^ 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.