Leucocoprinus subglobisporus is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
| Leucocoprinus subglobisporus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Leucocoprinus |
| Species: | L. subglobisporus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucocoprinus subglobisporus Hongo (1985)
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Leucocoprinus subglobisporus | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is campanulate or depressed |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Taxonomy
editIt was first described in 1985 by the Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo who classified it as Leucocoprinus subglobisporus.[3]
Description
editLeucocoprinus subglobisporus is a small delicate mushroom with a very thin and fragile white flesh.
Cap: 1.8-2.5cm wide, ovoid or campanulate (bell shaped) and then flattening or depressing with age with a slight raised umbo in the centre. The surface is white and covered in tiny pale greyish-red floccose (woolly) scales which are a darker brownish-red towards and at the centre of the cap. The cap edges are scaly with striations and furrows. Gills: Free, subdistant and white. Stem: 2.5-6cm long and 1.5-2.5mm thick tapering slightly from the thicker base. The surface is white and silky with a very fine powdery coating whilst the interior is hollow. The white, membranous stem ring is movable and narrow. Smell: Indistinct. Spores: Ovoid or subglobose with a narrow germ pore. 6.7-9.7 x 5-7.5μm.[3]
Habitat and distribution
editL. subglobisporus is scarcely recorded and little known. The specimens studied by Hongo were found growing on a refuse heap in Ōtsu in the Shiga prefecture or Japan.[3]
Similar species
edit- Leucocoprinus lilacinogranulosus is noted as appearing similar but is distinguished by differences in the spore shape. However this species has since been reclassified as Leucocoprinus ianthinus.
References
edit- ^ "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus subglobisporus Hongo, J. Jap. Bot. 60(12): 370 (1985)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus subglobisporus".
- ^ a b c Hongo, Tsugno (1985). "Notes on Japanese larger fungi (23)" (PDF). The Journal of Japanese Botany. 60 (12): 370–372 – via www.jjbotany.com/.