Leucoagaricus

Leucoagaricus
Leucoagaricus americanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucoagaricus
Locq. ex Singer (1948)
Type species
Leucoagaricus macrorhizus
Locq. ex Singer (1948)
Species

List of Leucoagaricus species

Synonyms[1]
Leucoagaricus leucothites
Leucoagaricus nympharum
Leucoagaricus nympharum

Leucoagaricus is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Agaricaceae.[2] As of March 2023 there are over 200 accepted species of Leucoagaricus with ongoing research into the genus adding several more each year.[3] Leucocoprinus is a similar genus and considered by some sources to be indistinct from Leucoagaricus based on genetic data that demonstrates they are monophyletic. Species are separated into these genera based on macroscopic features such as cap striations in Leucocoprinus or the more persistent basidiocarps (mushrooms) of Leucoagaricus as well as microscopic features such as the lack of a germ pore in Leucoagaricus species.[4][5] As a result of the similarities and disagreement on taxonomy, many of the species within these genera have formerly been classified in the other and may still be known by previous classifications. For instance the species Leucoagaricus gongylophorus is cultivated by fungus-growing ants but was formerly known as Leucocoprinus gongylophorus whilst other species cultivated by the lesser attine ants are still classified as undescribed Leucocoprinus species.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum: Leucoagaricus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Index Fungorum - Leucoagaricus Locq. ex Singer (1948)". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  3. ^ "Species Fungorum - Leucoagaricus". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. ^ Sysouphanthong, P; Thongklang, N (2022). "Two new species of Leucoagaricus (Agaricaceae) from the Lao People's Democratic Republic" (PDF). Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology (Journal of Fungal Biology). 12: 65–74. doi:10.5943/cream/12/1/6 – via www.creamjournal.org.
  5. ^ Vellinga, Else C.; Sysouphanthong, Phongeun; Hyde, Kevin D. (2011). "The family Agaricaceae: phylogenies and two new white-spored genera". Mycologia. 103 (3): 494–509. doi:10.3852/10-204. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 21193599. S2CID 10775394.
  6. ^ Aylward FO, Burnum-Johnson KE, Tringe SG, Teiling C, Tremmel DM, Moeller JA, et al. (June 2013). "Leucoagaricus gongylophorus produces diverse enzymes for the degradation of recalcitrant plant polymers in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79 (12): 3770–8. Bibcode:2013ApEnM..79.3770A. doi:10.1128/AEM.03833-12. PMC 3675943. PMID 23584789.