Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Basidiomycota
Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina
Classis: Agaricomycetes
Subclassis: Agaricomycetidae
Ordo: Agaricales
Subordo: Tricholomatineae
Familia: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Leucopaxillus
Species: L. agrippinae – L. albissimus – L. alboalutaceus – L. brasiliensis – L. brunneiflavidus – L. cerealis – L. compactus – L. cutefractus – L. garinii – L. gentianeus – L. gracillimus – L. gratus – L. guernisacii – L. laterarius – L. lentus – L. lilacinus – L. malayanus – L. malenconii – L. masakanus – L. monticola – L. nauseosodulcis – L. otagoensis – L. paradoxus – L. patagonicus – L. peronatus – L. phaeopus – L. piceinus – L. pinicola – L. pseudoacerbus – L. pseudogambosus – L. pulcherrimus – L. rickii – L. stenosporus – L. subcerasus – L. tricolor – L. vulpeculus
Name
Leucopaxillus Boursier, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 41(3): 393 (1925)
Type Species: Leucopaxillus paradoxus (Costantin & L.M. Dufour) Boursier 1925 (Lectotype, designated by Clements & Shear, Gen. fung., Edn 2 (Minneapolis): 348. 1931)
References
Primary references
Boursier, J. 1925. Leucopaxillus nov. gen. Bulletin de la Société mycologique de France 41: 391–393. Reference page.
Links
Index Fungorum: IF 17969
MycoBank: MB 17969
Leucopaxillus is a genus of fairly large white-spored gilled mushrooms which are found worldwide growing on the ground in woodlands. These are saprotrophs, but may sometimes be ectomycorrhizal. Less than ten species of Leucopaxillus are known to grow in North America. No species of Leucopaxillus are known to be poisonous, but they do not have an appealing taste or texture. The widespread genus contains about 15 species.[1]
Members of Leucopaxillus are medium-sized to large, have a dry convex to depressed cap, an inrolled margin when young, lack a partial veil and have tough flesh. They have white or yellowish gills which can come off in a layer, leaving the underside of the cap smooth. The spores are white, amyloid and spiny. These mushrooms often smell bad and can be mistaken for Tricholoma and Clitocybe, but mushrooms in those genera are more fragile and rot more quickly. Members of Leucopaxillus have antibiotics which make the mushrooms persist much longer than most, making them appear to be more common than they actually are.
Species
| Image | Name | Taxon Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leucopaxillus agrippinae | Buda, Consiglio, Setti & Vizzini | 2012 | |
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Leucopaxillus albissimus | (Peck) Singer | 1939 |
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Leucopaxillus alboalutaceus | (F.H. Møller & Jul. Schäff.) F.H. Møller | 1954 |
| Leucopaxillus baeospermus | Kühner | 1954 | |
| Leucopaxillus brasiliensis | (Rick) Singer & A.H. Sm. | 1943 | |
| Leucopaxillus brunneiflavidus | Corner | 1994 | |
| Leucopaxillus cerealis | (Lasch) Singer | 1962 | |
| Leucopaxillus compactus | (P. Karst.) Neuhoff | 1958 | |
| Leucopaxillus cutefractus | Noordel. | 1984 | |
| Leucopaxillus garinii | Bidaud | 1993 | |
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Leucopaxillus gentianeus | (Quél.) Kotl. | 1966 |
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Leucopaxillus gracillimus | Singer & A.H. Sm. | 1943 |
| Leucopaxillus gratus | Corner | 1994 | |
| Leucopaxillus guernisacii | (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Bon | 1978 | |
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Leucopaxillus laterarius | (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm. | 1943 |
| Leucopaxillus lentus | (H. Post) Singer | 1943 | |
| Leucopaxillus lilacinus | Bougher | 1987 | |
| Leucopaxillus malayanus | Corner | 1994 | |
| Leucopaxillus malenconii | Bon | 1990 | |
| Leucopaxillus masakanus | Pegler | 1977 | |
| Leucopaxillus monticola | (Singer & A.H. Sm.) Bon | 1990 | |
| Leucopaxillus nauseosodulcis | (P. Karst.) Singer & A.H. Sm. | 1943 | |
| Leucopaxillus otagoensis | G. Stev. | 1964 | |
| Leucopaxillus paradoxus | (Costantin & L.M. Dufour) Boursier | 1925 | |
| Leucopaxillus patagonicus | Singer | 1954 | |
| Leucopaxillus peronatus | Corner | 1994 | |
| Leucopaxillus phaeopus | (J. Favre & Poluzzi) Bon | 1987 | |
| Leucopaxillus piceinus | (Peck) Pomerl. | 1980 | |
| Leucopaxillus pinicola | J. Favre | 1960 | |
| Leucopaxillus pseudoacerbus | (Costantin & L.M. Dufour) Boursier | 1925 | |
| Leucopaxillus pseudogambosus | Pilát | 1966 | |
| Leucopaxillus pulcherrimus | (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm. | 1943 | |
| Leucopaxillus rickii | Singer | 1954 | |
| Leucopaxillus stenosporus | A. Favre | 2007 | |
| Leucopaxillus subcerasus | Corner | 1994 | |
| Leucopaxillus tricolor | (Peck) Kühner | 1926 | |
| Leucopaxillus vulpeculus | (Kalchbr.) Bon | 1978 |
See also
List of Tricholomataceae genera
References
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
External links
Mushroom Expert - The Genus Leucopaxillus - Includes Key
Further reading
Singer R, Smith AH. (1943). A monograph on the genus Leucopaxillus Boursier. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science 28: 85–132.
Singer R, Smith AH. (1947). Additional notes on the genus Leucopaxillus. Mycologia 39: 725–736.
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