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Macrolepiota eucharis

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Agaricaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Macrolepiota

Similar
  
Macrolepiota clelandii, Macrolepiota phaeodisca, Macrolepiota konradii, Macrolepiota mastoidea, Macrolepiota excoriata

Macrolepiota eucharis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is found in Australia, where it grows under Eucalyptus grandis and Allocasuarina littoralis in rainforests. It was described as new to science in 2003 by mycologists Else Vellinga and Roy Halling, from collections made in Queensland. The specific epithet derives from the Ancient Greek word ευχαρις, which means "charming, lovely, attractive". The small fruitbody of the fungus is characterised by dark grey to black cap, a volva at the base of the stipe, and microscopically by its small spores and narrowly club-shaped and cylindrical cheliocystidia.

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Macrolepiota eucharis Wikipedia