Leucocoprinus wynneae is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.[1][2]
It was first described in 1879 by the British mycologists Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome who classified it as Hiatula wynneae or (wynniae).[3]
In 1943 it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus wynneae (or wynniae) by the French mycologist Marcel Locquin.[4]
Leucocoprinus wynneae is a small, white dapperling mushroom. Berkeley and Broome provided only a very basic description of this species in 1879 which is not enough to adequately distinguish it from other species.
Cap: 3.2cm wide. White with a soft, powdery cap with a darker centre. Stem: 2.5cm tall and 1.5mm thick. Slender and striated.[3]
The specific epithet wynneae is named for Mrs. Lloyd Wynne who found the specimen examined by Berkeley and Broome.[3]
L. wynneae is scarcely recorded and little known. It was first found in a hothouse at Kew Gardens by Mrs. Lloyd Wynne.[3] It has not been recorded there since but has been observed in the wild in Queensland, Australia and Sri Lanka.[5][6] However the Atlas of Living Australia only has a single record of L. wynneae from 1887.[7]
Leucocoprinus wynneae is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae.
