Macrolepiota albuminosa explained

Macrolepiota albuminosa is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae, found in Peradeniya, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Taxonomy

In 1847, English mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley scientifically described it and named it Agaricus albuminosus. It was transferred to the genus Termitomyces in 1941 by the French botanist Roger Heim. In 1972, British mycologist David Pegler reexamined the specimen, and moved it to Macrolepiota.

Name misuse

Frequently, the name Collybia albuminosa is misused for Termitomyces eurrhizus,[1] and the name Termitomyces albuminosus for Termitomyces mushrooms.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. PhD . 中国蚁巢伞属系统研究 . 魏铁铮 . 2004 . 41.
  2. PhD . 蚁巢伞属系统学及其与共生白蚁的协同进化研究 . 唐保宏 . 2006 . 90.
  3. 羊桂英 . 郭梅霞. 于保庭. 胡寅. 莫建初. 白蚁共生真菌——蚁巢伞属研究概况 . 菌物学报 . 2019 . 38 . 11 . 1753 . 10.13346/j.mycosystema.190288 .