Macrolepiota mastoidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Macrolepiota |
Species: | M. mastoidea
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Binomial name | |
Macrolepiota mastoidea (Fr.) Singer, 1951
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Synonyms | |
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Macrolepiota mastoidea | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is umbonate or flat | |
Hymenium is free | |
Stipe has a ring | |
Spore print is white to cream | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible |
Macrolepiota mastoidea is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
It was first described by many mycologists throughout the 1800s and classified variously as Agaricus gracilentus, Agaricus mastoideus, Agaricus umbonatus with each synonym then undergoing its own extensive period of reclassification.[1] It got its current name Macrolepiota mastoidea in 1951 when classified by the German mycologist Rolf Singer.[3]
This species is found in Europe.[4]
This is reported to be an edible species but it is noted that it can appear similar to some toxic Chlorophyllum species so caution is recommended.[4]