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Leucocybe

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = AD2009Sep13 Lyophyllum Connatum 02.jpg

| image_caption =Leucocybe connata

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Agaricales

| familia = Tricholomataceae sensu lato

| genus = Leucocybe

| genus_authority = Vizzini, P.Alvarado, G.Moreno, & Consiglio (2015)

| type_species = Leucocybe candicans

| type_species_authority = (Pers.) Vizzini, P.Alvarado, G.Moreno, & Consiglio (2015)

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Leucocybe is a recently defined mushroom genus in the family Tricholomataceae (in the broad sense). The species resemble Clitocybe and grow in forests or disturbed areas.

Etymology

The name Leucocybe is derived from ancient Greek leuco- referring to the color white, and -cybe, a reference to head or cap.

Species

The 3 species in the genus are the following.

Leucocybe candicans is the type species.

See also

References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Alvarado P, Moreno G, Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Manjón JL, Setti L |title=Atractosporocybe, Leucocybe and Rhizocybe, three new clitocyboid genera in the Tricholomatoid clade (Agaricales) with notes on Clitocybe and Lepista |journal=Mycologia |volume=107 |issue=1 |pages=123–36 |year=2015 |pmid=25344261 |doi=10.3852/13-369 |s2cid=22901826 |url=http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=25344261 |accessdate=2015-03-01|hdl=2318/152676 |hdl-access=free }}

{{cite book |editor-first1=H. |editor-last1=Knudsen |editor-first2=J. |editor-last2=Vesterholt |title=Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid and cyphelloid genera |publisher=Nordsvamp |location=Copenhagen |year=2008 |page=394 |isbn=978-87-983961-3-0}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Leucocybe |title=Leucocybe page|work=Species Fungorum|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |accessdate=2023-09-07}}

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Category:Agaricales genera

Category:Tricholomataceae

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