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The white gills (pinkish to pinkish-tan in maturity) are close and don’t reach the stem (free). Some of the gills are shorter than the majority. The spores are white. This mushroom has no distinctive smell.
The white gills (pinkish to pinkish-tan in maturity) are close and don’t reach the stem (free). Some of the gills are shorter than the majority. The spores are white. This mushroom has no distinctive smell.


A Leucoagaricus leucothites photographed late March, New Plymouth. Note two craneflies hanging underneath.[http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/image_files/0000/0010/4393/Leucoagaricus_leucothites__White_dapperling__.jpg]
A Leucoagaricus leucothites photographed late March, New Plymouth. Note two craneflies hanging underneath.[[File:Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling .jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]]


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A young mushroom.<br />
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucoagaricus
Species: L. leucothites
Binomial name: Leucoagaricus leucothites
Synonyms: :Agaricus leucothites, Lepiota holosericea, Leucocoprinus holosericeus, Lepiota naucina, Leptiota leucothites, Leucoagaricus naucinus.
Common name: Smooth parasol, White agaricus mushroom

Leucoagaricus leucothites is a white, parasol, saprobic mushroom with a global distribution, occurring solitary, scattered, to gregarious in grassy areas in urban areas, on lawns, roadsides and cultivated areas. It looks more like a normal commercial mushroom but is almost pure white and more slender and with a longer stalk.
It has a 3-9 cm cap that is initially convex, expanding to become almost flat; often smooth and silky but occasionally with tiny flakes or scales. It is initially white but gradually becoming flushed pale cream-ochre or flesh-coloured.
The cylindrical, white stem is >11 cm long; 1-1.8 cm thick and usually has a bulbous base. The upper stem has a persistent white collar ring that might fall away. The stem is smooth above the ring and is longitudinally fibrillose below it.
The white gills (pinkish to pinkish-tan in maturity) are close and don’t reach the stem (free). Some of the gills are shorter than the majority. The spores are white. This mushroom has no distinctive smell.

A Leucoagaricus leucothites photographed late March, New Plymouth. Note two craneflies hanging underneath.Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling .jpg


Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling -001.JPG

Leucoagaricus leucothites Smooth parasol .JPG 

A young mushroom.
Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling -004.JPG

Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling -002.JPG  

Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling -005.JPG

Leucoagaricus leucothites White dapperling -006.JPG

Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/