Kingdom Fungi Order Agaricales Scientific name Laccaria Rank Genus | Division Basidiomycota Higher classification Hydnangiaceae | |
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Lower classifications Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Laccaria bicolor | ||
Laccaria is a genus around 75 species of fungus found in both temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are mycorrhizal. The type species is Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver. Other notable species include L. bicolor, and the amethyst deceiver (L. amethystina), sometimes incorrectly written as L. amethystea. Because some Laccaria species have the ability to grow vegetatively and/or germinate from basidiospores in culture, they are often used as experimental systems for studies of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes. Recently, the genome of L. bicolor has been sequenced.
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Description
Laccaria typically have thick, widely spaced, purple to flesh-colored gills that are adnate to slightly decurrent in attachment. The spores are white and ornamented in most species.
Species list
The following is an incomplete list of Laccaria species reported in the literature:
