Laccaria


Laccaria is a genus around 100 species of fungus found in both temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are mycorrhizal. The type species is Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver. Other notable species include L. bicolor, and the amethyst deceiver, sometimes incorrectly written as L. amethystea. Because some Laccaria species have the ability to grow vegetatively and/or germinate from basidiospores in culture, they are often used as experimental systems for studies of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes. They have a tetrapolar mating system, meaning that the mating type is controlled by two loci. Recently, the genome of L. bicolor has been sequenced.

Description

Laccaria typically have thick, widely spaced, purple to flesh-colored gills that are adnate to slightly decurrent in attachment. The spores are white and ornamented in most species.

Species

The following is an list of Laccaria species reported in the literature:
ImageNameYearDistribution
Laccaria acanthospora A.W. Wilson & G.M. Muell.2013
Laccaria alba Zhu L. Yang & Lan Wang2004
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis G.M. Muell.1984western North America
120pxLaccaria amethystina Cooke1884Europe, Asia, Central and South America, eastern North America
Laccaria angustilamella Zhu L. Yang & L. Wang2004
Laccaria araneosa H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2018
Laccaria aurantia Popa, Rexer, Donges, Zhu L. Yang & G. Kost2014China
Laccaria avachaensis Kalamees1993
Laccaria bella Cooke1884
120pxLaccaria bicolor P.D. Orton1960North America
Laccaria bisporigera Contu & Ballero1993
Laccaria bullipellis A.W. Wilson & G.M. Muell.2013
Laccaria bullulifera Singer1965
Laccaria caerulacea Dhanch., J.C. Bhatt & S.K. Pant1991
Laccaria calosperma Beeli1933
Laccaria calospora Singer1973
Laccaria canaliculata Massee1899
Laccaria chibinensis Mikhailovskii1974Russia
Laccaria cyanolamellata B.E. Lechner & J.E. Wright2006
Laccaria echinospora Singer1943
Laccaria edulis Bouriquet1946
Laccaria fengkaiensis Fang Li2020
Laccaria fibrillosa McNabb1972
Laccaria flavobrunnea Lebedeva1949
Laccaria fraterna Pegler1965
Laccaria fulvogrisea Popa, Rexer & G. Kost2014China
Laccaria galerinoides Singer1965
Laccaria gibba Pázmány1994
Laccaria glabripes McNabb1972
Laccaria globosa Gardezi2005
Laccaria gomezii Singer & G.M. Muell.1988
Laccaria goossensiae Contu2003
Laccaria griseolilacina H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2020
Laccaria halosperma Beeli1933
Laccaria himalayensis A.W. Wilson & G.M. Muell.2013
Laccaria indohimalayana K. Das, I. Bera & Vizzini2019
Laccaria japonica Popa & K. Nara2017Japan
120pxLaccaria laccata Cooke1884
Laccaria lateritia Malençon1966
Laccaria lilacina G. Stev.1964
Laccaria longipes G.M. Muell.1991
Laccaria lutea Ballero & Contu1989
Laccaria macrobasidia H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2020
Laccaria macrocystidiata Pázmány1994
Laccaria maritima Singer ex Huhtinen1987
Laccaria masoniae G. Stev.1964
Laccaria montana Singer1973
Laccaria moshuijun Popa & Zhu Liang Yang2017China
Laccaria murina S. Imai1938
Laccaria negrimarginata A.W. Wilson & G.M. Muell.2013
Laccaria nigra Hongo1959
Laccaria nobilis A.H. Sm.1984
Laccaria oblongospora G.M. Muell.1984
Laccaria ochropurpurea Peck1897
Laccaria ochrosquamulosa Pázmány1994
Laccaria ohiensis Singer1947
Laccaria olivaceogrisea Vellinga1987
120pxLaccaria paraphysata J.A. Cooper2014
Laccaria parva H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2018
Laccaria prava Fang Li2020
Laccaria proxima Pat.1887
120pxLaccaria proximella Singer1965
Laccaria pruinosipes Pázmány1994
Laccaria pseudomontana Osmundson, C.L. Cripps & G.M. Muell.2006
Laccaria pumila Fayod1893
Laccaria purpureobadia D.A. Reid1966
Laccaria roseoalbescens T.J. Baroni, Montoya & Bandala2015
Laccaria rubroalba X. Luo, L. Ye, P.E. Mortimer & K.D. Hyde2016
Laccaria salmonicolor A.W. Wilson & G.M. Muell.2013
Laccaria singeri Locq. & Sarwal1983
Laccaria spodophora Cooke1884
Laccaria squarrosa Bandala, Montoya & A. Ramos2017
Laccaria stellata Popa & S.Y. Castillo2016
Laccaria striatula Peck1912
Laccaria tetraspora Singer1947
Laccaria torosa H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2018
Laccaria tortilis Cooke1884
Laccaria transilvanica Pázmány1991
Laccaria trichodermophora G.M. Muell.1984
Laccaria trullisata Peck1912
Laccaria versiforma H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2018
Laccaria versiformis H.J. Cho & Y.W. Lim2018
Laccaria vinaceoavellanea Hongo1971
Laccaria vinaceobrunnea G.M. Muell.1984
Laccaria vinaceorosea Contu1998
Laccaria vinosofusca Cooke1884
Laccaria violaceibasis Contu & Fern. Sas.2003
Laccaria violaceonigra G. Stev.1964
Laccaria violaceotincta K.P.D. Latha, K.N.A. Raj & Manim.2019
Laccaria vulcanica Pázmány1994
Laccaria yunnanensis Popa, Rexer, Donges, Zhu L. Yang & G. Kost2014China