Leucocoprinus

  • Filed As

    Agaricaceae
    Leucocoprinus

  • Collector(s)

    X. Cornejo 8004 with H. Grochowski, 28 Oct 2007

  • Location

    Ecuador. Santa Elena. Ayangue.

  • Habitat

    Premontane wet (garua) secondary forest, under shade. Infrequent. Death tree trunk.

  • Description

    Parasitic. Fleshy, soft and fragile, white farinose-pulverulent (sticky to the touch) mushrooms; growing on dead erect tree trunk, c. 40-80 cm tall. Thallus erect, 4.5-7 cm x 3-4 mm. Umbrella c. 6-7 cm diam, centrally mucronate on the adaxial side. Basal bulb globose-elliptic, c. 15 x 12-13 mm. Spores white. Spores are dextrinoid (brownish in Melzer's reagent, with a fine blackish outline); elliptic-subfusiform (lemon-shaped); 9 X 5.5 to 10 X 7 µ; apiculous and germ pore present; cell wall about 1µ (broadest toward the apiculous end) [Spores description fide Gene Yetter].

  • Specimen Notes

    Unicate.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00945526

    Occurrence ID: b838cf20-975f-41b8-9ca8-889e00432e1c

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  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Basidiomycota

  • Family

    Agaricaceae

  • All Determinations

    Leucocoprinus

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