Leucopaxillus is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, and the type species of the genus Leucopaxillus. It was first described as Clitocybe paradoxa in 1896, and transferred to the newly created Leucopaxillus in 1925.[2] It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America.[3]
| Leucopaxillus paradoxus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Leucopaxillus |
| Species: | L. paradoxus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopaxillus paradoxus (Costantin & L.M.Dufour) Boursier (1925)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
References
edit- ^ "Leucopaxillus paradoxus (Costantin & L.M. Dufour) Boursier 1925". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- ^ Boursier J. (1925). "Leucopaxillus nov. gen". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 41: 391–93.
- ^ Zhishu B, Zheng G, Taihui L (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province (Chinese University Press). New York: Columbia University Press. p. 327. ISBN 962-201-556-5.