Leucopholiota

Leucopholiota is a genus of fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms}. Two species are currently known, both from north temperate areas: Leucopholiota decorosa[1] and Leucopholiota lignicola.[2]

Leucopholiota
Leucopholiota decorosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Squamanitaceae
Genus: Leucopholiota
(Romagn.) O.K.Mill., T.J.Volk & Bessette
Type species
Leucopholiota decorosa
(Peck) O.K.Mill., T.J.Volk & A.E.Bessette
Species

Leucopholiota decorosa
Leucopholiota lignicola


References

  1. Miller OK, Volk TJ, Bessette AE (1996). "A new genus, Leucopholiota, in the Tricholomataceae (Agaricales) to accommodate an unusual taxon" (PDF). Mycologia. 88 (1): 137–39. doi:10.2307/3760794. JSTOR 3760794.
  2. Harmaja H. (2010). "A new combination in Leucopholiota (Agaricales, Fungi)" (PDF 1st page preview). Phytotaxa. 3: 59–60. ISSN 1179-3155.
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