Leucocoprinus bakeri

Leucocoprinus bakeri is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]

Leucocoprinus bakeri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucocoprinus
Species:
L. bakeri
Binomial name
Leucocoprinus bakeri
(Dennis) Singer (1982)
Synonyms

Lepiota bakeri Dennis (1952)

Leucocoprinus bakeri
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1952 by the British mycologist Richard William George Dennis who classified it as Lepiota bakeri.[3]

In 1982, it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus bakeri by the German mycologist Rolf Singer.[4]

Description

Leucocoprinus bakeri is a small dapperling mushroom with white flesh.[3]

Cap: 7 cm wide. Convex, with a pinkish-buff (light brownish yellow) surface and fine brown scales (squamules) and a brown umbo. It is striated at the edges of the cap. Stem: Bulbous at the base and tapering to the tip with a pinkish-buff surface that has woolly (tomentose) scales below the ring. The membranous stem ring is located towards the top of the stem (superior) and is white with brown edges. Gills: Free, crowded (5-6mm) and white. Spores: Elliptical, dextrinoid, 5-7 x 3.5-4 μm.[3]

Habitat and distribution

L. bakeri is scarcely recorded and little known. It has been found in Costa Rica and Trinidad.[3][4]

References
  1. "Species fungorum - Leucocoprinus bakeri (Dennis) Singer, in Singer & Goméz, Brenesia 19/20: 42 (1982)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. "Mycobank Database - Leucocoprinus bakeri".
  3. Dennis, R. W. G. (1952). "Lepiota and Allied Genera in Trinidad, British West Indies". Kew Bulletin. 7 (4): 459–499. Bibcode:1952KewBu...7..459D. doi:10.2307/4117800. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4117800.
  4. Singer, Rolf; Gomez P., Luis D. (1982). "Basidiomycetes of Costa Rica I". Brenesia. 1982 (19/20): 42.
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