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Macrocybe gigantea (Massee) Pegler and Lodgel. Mycologia, 1998

Macrocybe gigantea (Massee) Pegler and Lodgel. Mycologia, 1998

Pileus 8-35 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, cream white to grayish white which fading towards margin, glabrous, silky smooth, entire margin and incurved, which expands and often cracking with age. Lamellae crowded, notched, pale white, straw yellow, with lamellulae. Stipe 10-40×4-6cm, central, solid, concolorous with pileus, fibrillose. Basidiospores 4.8-6.6×3.2-4.2μm (average), ovate to ellipsoidal, hyaline, thin […]

Leucocoprinus cepistipes (Sowerby) Pat. [as 'cepaestipes'], J. Bot., Paris 3: 336 (1889)

Leucocoprinus cepistipes (Sowerby) Pat. [as ‘cepaestipes’], J. Bot., Paris 3: 336 (1889)

Fruiting body medium. Pileus 3-6 cm in diameter, at first narrowly ovoid, campanulate then broadly convex to plano-convex when mature, white to greyish white, sometimes brownish when young, darker at the centre, powdery whitish scales and granules on entire surface, margin striate and splitting. Context thin, soft, white, odour mild. Lamellae free, crowded, white when […]

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Singer, Sydowia 15(1-6): 67 (1962) [1961]

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Singer, Sydowia 15(1-6): 67 (1962) [1961]

Fruiting body small to medium. Pileus 2.5-5.5 cm across, sulphur yellow in colour, oval to egg-shaped at first when fruiting body is young, becoming broadly conical to broadly convex, bell-shaped, with loosely scattered, floccose squamules, the margin lined or grooved nearly to the centre at maturity, bright to light yellow. Lamellae free, crowded with frequent […]

Leucoagaricus americanus (Peck) Vellinga, Mycotaxon 76: 433 (2000)

Leucoagaricus americanus (Peck) Vellinga, Mycotaxon 76: 433 (2000)

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 4-7cm, cylindrical to sub-cylindrical, slightly convex sides, truncate apex, broadly conical, flattening to plano-convex to applanate, slight central depression; pileus covered with fine granulose squamules in the centre, slightly larger in concentric or scattered patches around the centre that decrease towards the margin; disc entire; disc and squamules  brown, […]

Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 9 (no. 6): 93 (1938).

Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 9 (no. 6): 93 (1938)

Pileus 0.4-0.9 cm in diameter; at first ovoid, then conic to campanulate, membranous; whitish grey to cream grey, smooth, glabrous, sulcate striate almost to the disc, margin regular. Lamellae adnexed, moderately crowded, whitish to cream, which turns dark brown, non-deliquescent, with lamellulae. Stipe 0.8-1.2 cm, cylindric, slender, hollow, equal, white, almost translucent, arising from white, […]

Chlorophyllum molybdites (G. Mey.) Massee, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew 1898: 136 (1898)

Chlorophyllum molybdites (G. Mey.) Massee, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew 1898: 136 (1898)

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 5-11cm in diameter, ovoid at first, hemispheric when expanding, plano-convex at maturity, with a low, broad and obtuse umbo; surface dry, longitudinally striate; initially white, becoming cream; covered with brownish squamules, that are uplifted or flat and concentrated near the centre. Lamellae free, sub-crowded to crowded, white, becoming greenish […]

Agaricus xanthoderma Genev. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 23: 28 (1876). [Fig. 4; Plate VI]

Agaricus xanthoderma Genev. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 23: 28 (1876).   [Fig. 4; Plate VI]

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 5-10 cm in diameter; at first globose to hemispherical, convex and finally applanate or broadly umbonate in the centre; margin entire and thin; surface smooth, white when young, with age greyish or light brown or cream. Lamellae free, thin, crowded with unequal lamellulae, 6-9 mm broad, initially whitish pink […]

Agaricus placomyces Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 29: 40 (1878) [1876]

Agaricus placomyces Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 29: 40 (1878) [1876]

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 6-10 cm wide, convex, margin entire, umbonate, white, surface having greyish brown scales, radially splitting on maturity, on rubbing, the surface turns brownish; lamellae  pink to light brown, turning dark at maturity, free, crowded. Stipe 5-9 x 0.5 cm wide, white, fibrous with bulbous base. Annulus present, white, membranous. […]

Agaricus dulcidulus Schulzer, in Kalchbrenner, Icon. Sel. Hymenomyc. Hung. (Budapest) 2: 29 (1874)

Agaricus dulcidulus Schulzer, in Kalchbrenner, Icon. Sel. Hymenomyc. Hung. (Budapest) 2: 29 (1874)

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 3-5.5 cm in diam.; convex to plano-convex, becoming flat when mature; involute, striate; vinaceous to pale brown, becoming pink towards the margin, pale pink overall when mature, with darker fibrils over the surface.  Lamellae free, crowded, unequal with lamellulae, light pink when young, becoming darker when mature to dark […]

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