Leucocoprinus thoenii
Leucocoprinus thoenii is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1977 by the Belgian mycologist Paul Heinemann who classified it as Leucocoprinus thoenii.Heinemann notes that this species may be the same as Lepiota elongata which the Belgian mycologist Maurice Beeli had annotated an illustration with but never formally classified.
Description
Leucocoprinus ''thoenii'' is a small yellow dapperling mushroom. Heinemann provided only a basic description of the features species based on a dried specimen provided by D. Thoen and an observation logged with the Meise Botanic Garden by M. Goossens-Fontana in 1939 which Beeli had annotated with a suggested name.Cap: Entirely yellow and bulbous at first, expanding and spreading out as it matures. It is covered in small scales and striated at the edges of the cap to around three quarters of the way up. Gills: Free, collared. Light ochre upon drying. Stem: Slender and also furfuraceous. Spores: Amygdaliform. 11.4-16 x 8.4-10 μm. The mushroom is described as drying brown.