Lepiota subincarnata

Lepiota subincarnata is a gilled mushroom of the genus Lepiota in the order Agaricales. It is known to contain amatoxins and consuming this fungus can be potentially lethal.[2] First described scientifically by the Danish mycologist Jakob Emanuel Lange in 1940,[3] the species is found in Asia, Europe, and North America.[4]

Lepiota subincarnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Lepiota
Species:
L. subincarnata
Binomial name
Lepiota subincarnata
J.E.Lange (1940)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lepiota josserandii Bon & Boiffard (1975)
  • Lepiota josserandii var. rosabrunnea Raithelh. (1988)
  • Leucoagaricus josserandii (Bon & Boiffard) Raithelh. (1989)
  • Leucoagaricus rosabrunneus (Raithelh.) Raithelh. (1989)
  • Lepiota subincarnata var. josserandii (Bon & Boiffard) Gminder (1999)
Lepiota subincarnata
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex or flat
hymenium is free
stipe has a ring
spore print is white
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: deadly

Bon and Boiffard described Lepiota josserandii in 1974, which turned out to be the same species.

See also

References
  1. "Lepiota subincarnata J.E. Lange 1940". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  2. Hall IR. (2003). Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-88192-586-1.
  3. Lange JE. (1940). Flora Agaricina Danica. 5.
  4. Razaq A, Vellinga EC, Ilyas S, Khalid AN (2013). "Lepiota brunneoincarnata and L. subincarnata: distribution and phylogeny". Mycotaxon. 126: 133–41. doi:10.5248/126.133.


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