| Leucopholiota | |
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| Leucopholiota decorosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Squamanitaceae |
| Genus: | Leucopholiota (Romagn.) O.K.Mill., T.J.Volk & Bessette |
| Type species | |
| Leucopholiota decorosa (Peck) O.K.Mill., T.J.Volk & A.E.Bessette | |
| Species | |
Leucopholiota is a genus of fungi in the family Squamanitaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms}. Two species are currently known, both from north temperate areas: Leucopholiota decorosa and Leucopholiota lignicola.
References
- Miller OK, Volk TJ, Bessette AE (1996). "A new genus, Leucopholiota, in the Tricholomataceae (Agaricales) to accommodate an unusual taxon" (PDF). Mycologia. 88 (1): 137–39. doi:10.2307/3760794. JSTOR 3760794.
- Harmaja H. (2010). "A new combination in Leucopholiota (Agaricales, Fungi)" (PDF 1st page preview). Phytotaxa. 3: 59–60. ISSN 1179-3155.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Leucopholiota | |