Leucocoprinus zeylanicus
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| Leucocoprinus zeylanicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Leucocoprinus |
| Species: | L. zeylanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucocoprinus zeylanicus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus zeylanicus Berk (1847) | |
| Leucocoprinus zeylanicus | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is campanulate or umbonate |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Leucocoprinus zeylanicus is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
It was first described in 1847 by the British mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley who classified it as Agaricus zeylanicus.[3]
In 1891 it was classified as Mastocephalus zeylanicus by the German botanist Otto Kunze,[4] however Kunze's Mastocephalus genus, along with most of 'Revisio generum plantarum' was not widely accepted by the scientific community of the age so it remained an Agaricus.
In 1940 it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus zeylanicus by the Dutch mycologist Karel Bernard Boedijn.[5]