Leucoagaricus leucothites

Leucoagaricus leucothites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Leucoagaricus
Species:	L. leucothites
Binomial name
	Leucoagaricus leucothites; (Vittad.) Wasser (1977)
Synonyms
	Agaricus leucothites Vittad. (1835); Lepiota holosericea (J. J. Planer) Gillet (1874); Leucoagaricus naucinus Singer; Leucocoprinus holosericeus (J. J. Planer) Locq. (1943);

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 genus.^[2] Solomon Wasser transferred it to Leucoagaricus in 1977.^[3] While sometimes regarded as edible,^[4] the species is suspected of being poisonous due to gastric-upset-causing toxins.^[5] It could also be confused with the deadly Amanita ocreata.^[4]

The mushroom's cap is 4 to 15 cm wide,^[4] is granular, white or gray-brown in color then sometimes grayish or pinkish.^[2] The flesh may bruise yellowish and the gills reddish.^[2] The stipe is 5 to 12 cm long, commonly with a wide base, and bruising yellow or brown.^[4] A ring is usually present.^[2] The spores are white, smooth, and elliptical.^[4]

It generally appears in civilized areas such as gardens and parks, but sometimes is found in forests.^[2]

References[]

^ Wood, Michael; Stevens, Fred. "California Fungi: Leucoagaricus leucothites". MykoWeb. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
^ Wasser SP. (1977). "New and rare species of Agaricaceae Cohn. family (in Russian)". Ukrainskiy Botanichnyi Zhurnal (in Russian). 34 (3): 305–8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

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[1] Wood, Michael; Stevens, Fred. "California Fungi: Leucoagaricus leucothites". MykoWeb. Retrieved 2021-02-15.

[:1-2] Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

[Wasser_1977-3] Wasser SP. (1977). "New and rare species of Agaricaceae Cohn. family (in Russian)". Ukrainskiy Botanichnyi Zhurnal (in Russian). 34 (3): 305–8.

[:0-4] Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.

[Miller2006-5] Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

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