Macrolepiota mastoidea

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Macrolepiota mastoidea
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Macrolepiota
Species:
M. mastoidea
Binomial name
Macrolepiota mastoidea
(Fr.) Singer, 1951
Synonyms
  • Agaricus mastoideus Fr., 1821
  • Lepiota mastoidea (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871
  • Lepiota excoriata subsp. mastoidea (Fr.) Quél.1888
  • Leucocoprinus mastoideus (Fr.) Singer 1939
  • Lepiotophyllum mastoideum (Fr.) Locq., 1942
  • Agaricus gracilentus Krombh., 1836
  • Lepiota rickenii Velen., 1939
  • Lepiota excoriata var. konradii Huijsman, 1943
  • Lepiota konradii Huijsman ex P.D. Orton, 1960
Macrolepiota mastoidea
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Macrolepiota mastoidea is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

It was first described by many mycologists throughout the 1800s and classified variously as Agaricus gracilentus, Agaricus mastoideus, Agaricus umbonatus with each synonym then undergoing its own extensive period of reclassification. [1] It got its current name Macrolepiota mastoidea in 1951 when classified by the German mycologist Rolf Singer. [3]

Habitat and distribution

This species is found in Europe. [4]

Edibility

This is reported to be an edible species but it is noted that it can appear similar to some toxic Chlorophyllum species so caution is recommended. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Species Fungorum - Macrolepiota mastoidea (Fr.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 417 (1951)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Macrolepiota mastoidea". Mycobank Database - www.mycobank.org.
  3. "Lilloa 22 (1949)". www.lillo.org.ar (in European Spanish). p. 417. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  4. 1 2 "Macrolepiota mastoidea, Slender Parasol, identification". www.first-nature.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.