Order Agaricales | Division Basidiomycota Family Agaricaceae Scientific name Macrolepiota albuminosa Rank Species | |
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Similar Termitomyces, Phallus indusiatus, Morchella vulgaris, Boletus aereus, Matsutake | ||
Macrolepiota albuminosa is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae that is an obligate symbiote of termites. First described scientifically as Agaricus albuminosus by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1847, it was transferred to the genus Macrolepiota by David Pegler in 1972. The fruiting bodies of this fungus are considered edible. It typically grows on termite mounds located in grasslands, hillsides, or at the edges of forests in China and Vietnam.
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