MycoKey : the genus Leucoagaricus

Generic short diagnoses: Saprobic, lepiotoid/agaricoid, white-spored, plain or colourful agarics, flesh unchanged or staining in shades of red to black, often with distinct, cuff-like annulus; ± dextrinoid spores, mostly with a more or less distinct germ pore.


Species example:


Leucoagaricus meleagris - DK: "kompost-silkehat"
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-98.193

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