Leucopholiota

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

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]


References

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  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.