Macrolepiota mastoidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Macrolepiota
Species:	M. mastoidea
Binomial name
Macrolepiota mastoidea (Fr.) Singer, 1951
Synonyms
Agaricus mastoideus Fr., 1821 Lepiota mastoidea (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 Lepiota excoriata subsp. mastoidea (Fr.) Quél.1888 Leucocoprinus mastoideus (Fr.) Singer 1939 Lepiotophyllum mastoideum (Fr.) Locq., 1942 Agaricus gracilentus Krombh., 1836 Lepiota rickenii Velen., 1939 Lepiota excoriata var. konradii Huijsman, 1943 Lepiota konradii Huijsman ex P.D. Orton, 1960

Macrolepiota mastoidea Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is umbonate or flat
	Hymenium is free
	Stipe has a ring
	Spore print is white to cream
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible

Macrolepiota mastoidea is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

It was first described by many mycologists throughout the 1800s and classified variously as Agaricus gracilentus, Agaricus mastoideus, Agaricus umbonatus with each synonym then undergoing its own extensive period of reclassification.^[1] It got its current name Macrolepiota mastoidea in 1951 when classified by the German mycologist Rolf Singer.^[3]

Habitat and distribution

This species is found in Europe.^[4]

Edibility

This is reported to be an edible species but it is noted that it can appear similar to some toxic Chlorophyllum species so caution is recommended.^[4]

References

External links

• Macrolepiota mastoidea in MycoBank.

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