Melanoleuca verrucipes

Melanoleuca verrucipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Melanoleuca
Species:	M. verrucipes
Binomial name
Melanoleuca verrucipes Singer (1939)
Synonyms[1]
Armillaria verrucipes Fr. (1872) Agaricus verrucipes (Fr.) Fr. (1874) Gyrophila verrucipes (Fr.) Quél. (1886)

Melanoleuca privernensis is a species of fungus in the Tricholomataceae family. It is described as being a "very distinct species with its blackish dotted stipe."^[2] It was reportedly first discovered on leaf mulch in Highgate Woods, north London.^[3] The edibility of the mushroom is not known with certainty.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Melanoleuca verrucipes (Fr.) Singer 1939". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=281590. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
2. ^ Noordeloos, M. E.; Kuyper, Th. W.; Vellinga, E.C. (31 December 1999). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica -. Taylor and Francis. p. 155. ISBN 9789054104933. http://books.google.com/books?id=ablJJike0eYC&pg=PA155. 
3. ^ British wildlife. British Wildlife Publishing. 2006. http://books.google.com/books?id=j_pJAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 
4. ^ Boa, E. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview Of Their Use And Importance To People (Non-Wood Forest Products). Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN. p. 124. ISBN 92-5-105157-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=Zd2NlcNZgvcC&pg=PA125.