Macrolepiota

Taxobox | name = "Macrolepiota"
status = secure

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image_width = 220px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
subclassis = Homobasidiomycetidae
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Lepiotaceae
genus = "Macrolepiota"
genus_authority = (Scop. : Fr.) Sing.

"Macrolepiota" is a genus of white spored gilled mushrooms of the family Lepiotaceae. The best known member is the parasol mushroom ("M. procera").

Recent DNA studies have split this genus into two clades. The first includes "M. procera, M. mastoidea, M. clelandii" and closely related species, while the second clade is more diverse and includes "M. rhacodes", "Chlorophyllum molybdites" and many others. [cite journal|author=Vellinga EC, de Kok RPJ, Bruns TD|year=2003|title=Phylogeny and taxonomy of "Macrolepiota" (Agaricaceae) |journal=Mycologia|volume=95|issue=3|pages=442–456|url=http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/content/full/95/3/442|accessdate=2007-11-09|doi=10.2307/3761886]

The generic status of "Macrolepiota" is not unanimously held as some current books still leave the members of "Macrolepiota" in "Lepiota".cite book | author = Phillips R | year = 1991 | title = Mushrooms of North America | publisher = Little, Brown & Co. | id = ISBN]

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