Leucocoprinus fluminensis (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from southwest Brazilian Rain Forest | Zendy

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Leucocoprinus fluminensis (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from southwest Brazilian Rain Forest

Author(s) -

Margéli Pereira de Albuquerque,

Filipe de Carvalho Victória

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

neotropical biology and conservation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2236-3777

DOI - 10.4013/nbc.2012.73.02

Subject(s) - agaricales , basidiomycota , biology , pileus , agaricomycetes , botany , key (lock) , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , mushroom

Leucocoprinus fluminensis sp. nov. was collected on an Agaricales (Basidiomycota, Basidiomycetes) survey expedition, made in patches of Rain Forest at the Biological Reserve of Tingua, surroundings of Nova Iguacu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, and described as a new species. A usual methodology for collection and identification of Agaricales mushrooms was applied. The new species is characterized by reddish-brown center pileus and weakly dextrinoid spores in Melzer’s reaction. Key words: Agaricaceae, Atlantic Rain Forest, Rio de Janeiro.

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