Leucoagaricus americanus

Leucoagaricus americanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucoagaricus
Species:
L. americanus
Binomial name
Leucoagaricus americanus
(Peck) Vellinga (2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus americanus (Peck)
  • Lepiota americana (Peck) Sacc.
  • Lepiota bresadolae Schulzer
  • Agaricus americanus Peck (1869)
  • Leucocoprinus americanus (Peck) Redhead (1979)
  • Leucocoprinus biornatus sensu auct. brit., auct. eur. (2005)
Leucoagaricus americanus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is flat or convex
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible

Leucoagaricus americanus, commonly known as the American parasol,[2] is a mushroom in the genus Leucoagaricus, native to North America.[3] It was first described by Charles Horton Peck, an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in 1869. It is widely distributed in North America, though more common east of the Rocky Mountains; it is saprobic, and grows on sawdust, on wood chips, on stumps, and on the ground.[4]

  1. ^ Wood, Michael; Fred Stevens. "California Fungi—Leucoagaricus americanus". Mykoweb. California Fungi.
  2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. ^ Rogers Mushrooms. "Leucoagaricus americanus". Archived from the original on 2011-11-09.
  4. ^ Kuo, M. (2005, October). Leucoagaricus americanus. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/leucoagaricus_americanus.html