Pluteus leoninus

Pluteus leoninus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungus
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Pluteus
Species: P. leoninus
Binomial name
Pluteus leoninus
(Schäffer:Fr) P. Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms

Pluteus fayodii

Pluteus leoninus
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is free
stipe is bare
spore print is salmon
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: unknown

Pluteus leoninus, commonly known as Lion Shield, can occasionally be found growing on dead wood in Europe and North Africa. The underside of the cap is typical of the genus Pluteus — the gills are pale, soon becoming pink when the spores ripen. But the upper surface is a bright tawny or olivaceous yellow. The species name leoninus (meaning leonine) refers to this cap colour.

Description

This description is combined from several references.[1][2][3][4]

Many authorities consider Pluteus fayodii to be a synonym of P. leoninus,[5][2][6] but according to Species Fungorum, they are distinct.[7]

See also

References

  1. Meinhard Moser: Basidiomycetes II: Röhrlinge und Blätterpilze, Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart (1978). English edition: translated by Simon Plant: Keys to Agarics and Boleti (Roger Phillips 1983)
  2. 1 2 Courtecuisse, Régis (1999) "Collins Guide to the Mushrooms of Britain and Europe" HarperCollins, London ISBN 0-00-220012-0.
  3. Courtecuisse, R. & Duhem, B. (1994) "Guide des champignons de France et d'Europe" Delachaux et Niestlé, ISBN 2-603-00953-2, also available in English.
  4. Roger Phillips : "Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe" (Pan Books Ltd., London 1981).
  5. Marcel Bon (1987). The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-Western Europe. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 262. ISBN 0-340-39935-X.
  6. Guillaume Eyssartier, Pierre Roux (2013) "Le Guide des Champignons France et Europe" Editions Belin, Paris ISBN 978-2-7011-8289-6
  7. See page for Pluteus fayodii in Species Fungorum.


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