Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hydnangiaceae
Genus: Laccaria
Species:
L. bicolor
Binomial name
Laccaria bicolor
(Maire) P.D.Orton (1960)
Synonyms[1]
  • Laccaria laccata var. bicolor Maire (1937)
  • Laccaria proxima var. bicolor (Maire) Kuhner & Romagn. (1953)
  • Laccaria laccata var. pseudobicolor Bon (1982)
Laccaria bicolor
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or depressed
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Laccaria bicolor is a small tan-colored mushroom with lilac gills. It is edible but not choice,[2] and grows in mixed birch and pine woods. It is found in the temperate zones of the globe, in late summer and autumn.[3] L. bicolor is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlMycoBank: Laccaria bicolor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. ^ Roger Phillips (2006). Mushrooms. Pan MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-330-44237-4.