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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 […]

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. […]

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