Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Agaricales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Leucocoprinus birnbaumii | |||
Author: | Basionym: Agaricus birnbaumii Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 3: 48. 1839. Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Sing., Sydowia 15: 67. 1962. |
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Description: | Pileus 4-7 cm, convex to flat, slightly umbonate, yellow, covered by white scales, margin striate. Gills free, crowded of several lengths, pale yellow, entire. Stipe central, 7-9 × 0.4-0.6 cm, cylindrical, hollow, yellow, flat scaly, base enlarged. Annulus membranous, yellow, ascending. Spores broadly elliptical, with apical germ pores, thick-walled, hyaline, smooth, I+, 8-12 × 6-7 μm. Cystidia ventricose. Hyphae without clamps. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taichung: National Museum of Natural Science, on soil, 12 Oct. 1996, CWN 01874 (TNM F0005513). |
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Habitat: | Gregarious on humus in lowland. | |||
Distribution: | Cosmopolitan. |
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References: | Imazeki, R. and Hongo, T. 1987; Breitenbach, J. and Kranzlin, E. 1995; Chang, T. T. et al. 2001. |
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Provided: | W. N. Chou |
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Note: | It is poisonous. | |||