Melanoleuca verrucipes
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| Melanoleuca verrucipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Melanoleuca |
| Species: | M. verrucipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanoleuca verrucipes Singer (1939) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Armillaria verrucipes Fr. (1872) | |
Melanoleuca verrucipes is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. It is described as being a "very distinct species with its blackish dotted stipe."[2] It was reportedly first discovered on leaf mulch in Highgate Woods, north London.[3] The edibility of the mushroom is not known with certainty.[4]