''Leucoagaricus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Several fungus-growing ants cultivate multiple species for food. The genus contains approximately 90 species.

Taxonomy

This group of mushrooms was first defined as a subgenus of '' Leucocoprinus'' by

Marcel Locquin Marcel Locquin, born May 6, 1922, in Lyon, France, died March 18, 2009, was a French mycologist. Locquin rose to eminence in the field of mycology over several years of work with a number of Nobel Prize winners. He himself has won numerous awar ...

in 1945, and it was then elevated to the status of genus by

Rolf Singer Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a Germany, German-born mycologist and one of the most important Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. After receiving his Ph.D. at the University ...

in the journal '' Sydowia'' in 1948. The group was characterized as belonging to family Agaricaceae with white, dirty cream or pink spores which are generally small (up to 10 µm) but much bigger in one species, with a germ pore, with a pseudo- amyloid multilayered membrane, simple or ornamented, which is metachromatic in cresyl blue. The

hypha A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium. Structure A hypha consists of one or ...

e in the sporocarp are without clamp connections. There is always a ring which is initially fixed (but later may be movable). The type species is ''Leucoagaricus barssii'' (Zeller) Vellinga, which was formerly called ''L. macrorhizus''.

Species

Select species include: *'' Leucoagaricus americanus'' *'' Leucoagaricus badhamii'' *''

Leucoagaricus barssii ''Leucoagaricus barssii'' is a species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is commonly known as the smoky dapperling. Taxonomy Originally classified as ''Lepiota barssii'' by the American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1934 and reclas ...

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Leucoagaricus erythrophaeus ''Leucoagaricus erythrophaeus'' is a species of agaric fungus. Described as new to science in 2010, it is found in California, where it grows in mixed forest. The specific epithet ''erythrophaeus'' originates from the Greek words ερυ𝛉ρο� ...

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Leucoagaricus gaillardii ''Leucoagaricus gaillardii'' is a species of fungi belonging to the family Agaricaceae. It is native to Northern Europe The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe Northern Europe as being ...

'' *'' Leucoagaricus gongylophorus'' *''

Leucoagaricus leucothites ''Leucoagaricus leucothites'', the white dapperling, or white Agaricus mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus. The species was originally described as ''Agaricus leucothites'' by Carlo Vittadini in 1835, and bears similarity to species of that g ...

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Leucoagaricus meleagris ''Leucoagaricus meleagris'' is a species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Taxonomy Originally classified as ''Gymnopus meleagris'' by the British mycologist Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821 and reclassified as ''Leucoagaricus meleagris'' by ...

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Leucoagaricus moseri ''Leucoagaricus moseri'' is a species of agaric fungus found in Europe. The species was originally described as ''Lepiota moseri'' by Solomon Wasser in 1975. The specific epithet honours Austrian mycologist Meinhard Moser. Wasser transferred the ...

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Leucoagaricus nympharum ''Leucoagaricus nympharum'' is a species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Taxonomy Originally classified as ''Agaricus nympharum'' by the Hungarian mycologist Károly Kalchbrenner in 1873 and reclassified as ''Leucoagaricus nympharum'' by ...

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Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus ''Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus'' is a widespread species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It was described as new to science in 1884 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck as ''Agaricus rubrotinctus''. Rolf Singer transferred it to the ge ...

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Leucoagaricus sericifer ''Leucoagaricus sericifer'' is an agaric fungus in the genus ''Leucoagaricus''. It was originally described as ''Pseudobaeospora sericifera'' by French mycologist Marcel Locquin Marcel Locquin, born May 6, 1922, in Lyon, France, died March 1 ...

References

Agaricales genera Taxa named by Rolf Singer {{Agaricaceae-stub

Taxonomy

Species

See also

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