Macrolepiota albuminosa

Macrolepiota albuminosa, or termite mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae that is an obligate symbiont of termites. First described scientifically as Agaricus albuminosus by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1847, it was transferred to the genus Macrolepiota by David Pegler in 1972.[3] The fruit bodies (mushrooms) of the fungus are edible.[4] It is found growing from termitaria in grassy fields, hills, and or forest borders in China [5] and Vietnam.

Macrolepiota albuminosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Macrolepiota
Species:
M. albuminosa
Binomial name
Macrolepiota albuminosa
(Berk.) Pegler (1972)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus albuminosus Berk. (1847)
  • Lepiota albuminosa (Berk.) Sacc. (1887)
  • Collybia albuminosa (Berk.) Petch (1912)
  • Gymnopus albuminosus (Berk.) Overeem (1927)
  • Termitomyces albuminosus (Berk.) R.Heim (1941)[2]

References
  1. "Macrolepiota albuminosa (Berk.) Pegler, Kew Bull. 27(1): 189 (1972)". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  2. Heim R. (1941). "Études descriptives et expérimentales sur les agarics termitophiles d'Afriquetropicale". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France (in French). 64: 1–74.
  3. Pegler D. (1972). "A revision of the genus Lepiota from Ceylon". Kew Bulletin. 27 (1): 155–202 (see p. 189). doi:10.2307/4117880. JSTOR 4117880.
  4. Boa E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview of Their Use and Importance to People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 115. ISBN 92-5-105157-7.
  5. Hu S-Y. (2005). Food Plants of China. Chinese University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-962-996-229-6.


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