Leucocoprinus mauritianus is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1] [2]
It was described in 1908 by the German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings who classified it as Lepiota mauritiana.[3]
In 2004 it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus mauritianus by the mycologist Peter Mohr.[4]
Leucocoprinus mauritianus is a small dapperling mushroom with thin white flesh. Hennings provided only a basic description of this species:
Cap: 1.6-2.2 cm wide, ovoid to campanulate with an obtuse umbo. The surface is grey with a scaly brown umbo and sulcate striations from the margin, where there are fissures and folds. Gills: Freem, crowded and pale with a ventricose bulge. Stem: Smooth and pale running equally to the base, which is not significantly bulbous. Hollow. The stem ring membranous and whitish. Spores: 9-12 x 6-7 μm. Subovoid. Hyaline.
The specific epithet mauritianus, originally mauritiana is named for Mauritius where it was found.
The specimens studied by Hennings were found growing on the ground in Mauritius.