Lepiota ochrospora is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
| Lepiota ochrospora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lepiota |
| Species: | L. ochrospora
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepiota ochrospora | |
Lepiota ochrospora | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is ovate or umbonate |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Taxonomy
editIt was described in 1893 by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke & George Edward Massee who classified it as Lepiota ochrospora.[3]
Paul Heinemann suggested that this species may be synonymous with Leucocoprinus gandour however that species was found in Africa whereas Lepiota ochrospora was found in South America.[4]
Description
editCap: 5–15 cm wide starting ovate then expanding with an umbo. The surface is pale with dark scales which are more dense around the umbo. The cap flesh is 2 cm thick at the disc and thinner at the margin, where there are striations. Gills: Free, moderately broad and ventricose. Yellowish drying to cinnamon. Stem: 6–15 cm long tapering upwards from a bulbous base. The surface has vertical striations running up the length and the interior is hollow. The stem ring is large and movable. Spores: 8 × 6 μm. Ovate and apiculate. Ochre in colour when viewed microscopically. Smell: Pleasant. Taste: Pleasant.[3]
"Reaching to eight inches in diameter, highly fragrant like the best mushroom, and equally edible."
— Mordecai Cubitt Cooke & George Edward Massee, Exotic Fungi 1892-1893, Pg.73[3]
The dried specimen of this species is held by The New York Botanical Garden.[5]
Etymology
editThe specific epithet ochrospora is named for the colour of the spores of this mushroom.[3]
Habitat and distribution
editThe specimens studied were found the Coast Lands of British Guiana (now Guyana) where they were found growing on the ground.[3]
Similar species
editCooke and Massee state that it resembles Lepiota procera (now Macrolepiota procera) but that the spores are distinctly coloured like those of Cortinarii (Cortinarius).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Species fungorum - Lepiota ochrospora Cooke & Massee". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Lepiota ochrospora".
- ^ a b c d e f Cooke, M. C.; Massee, George (1892–1893). "Exotic Fungi". Grevillea. 21. London: Williams and Norgate: 73.
- ^ Heinemann, P. (1968). "Le genre Chlorophyllum Mass. (Leucocoprineae). Aperçu systématique et description des espèces congolaises". Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België. 38 (2): 205–206. doi:10.2307/3667552. ISSN 0303-9153. JSTOR 3667552.
- ^ "Lepiota ochrospora Cooke & Massee - Occurrence Detail 1929483302". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-03-13.