Created: 2008-03-23 18:34:35

By: Michael Wood (mykoweb)

Summary: Needs new name

Looks like what we call Agaricus praeclaresquamosus, but our western species needs a new name as it is not conspecific with the European material. The correct name for the European species is Agaricus moelleri.

See:

Kerrigan, R.W., Callac, P., Guinberteau, J., Challen, M.P. & Parra, L. (2005). Agaricus section Xanthodermatei: a phylogenetic reconstruction with commentary on taxa. Mycologia 97(6): 1292-1315.