Published May 28, 2026 | Version v1
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Lepiota Gray

  • 1. Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China & College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • 2. Henan Institute of Science and Technology, College of Life Science, Xinxiang 453003, China
  • 3. Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China

Description

Lepiota (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 601 (1821)

Type species (typ. cons.).

Agaricus colubrinus Pers. (= Lepiota clypeolaria (Bull.) P. Kumm.).

= Chamaemyces Battarra ex Earle, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5: 446 (1909).

= Lepiotella (E. J. Gilbert) Konrad, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. Fr. 50: 26 (1934), non Lepiotella J. Rick, Lilloa 2: 251, 1938 (= Volvolepiota Singer).

= Lepiota subgen. Lepiotella E. J. Gilbert, Le Genre Amanita Persoon: 159 (1918).

= Drosella Maire, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 50: 15 (1934), nom. inval. (Art. 38.1 (a) and 38.4, ICNafp Madrid Code; Turland et al. 2025).

Notes.

The type species of Chamaemyces, C. fracidus, was recently transferred to Lepiota by Li et al. (2025 a), but its infrageneric placement remained unresolved. Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses with expanded sampling demonstrate that this species is robustly nested within L. sect. Cristatae. This finding provides the first sectional placement of this species and supports the merger of Chamaemyces (along with its synonyms Lepiotella and L. subg. Lepiotella) into Lepiota as established by Li et al. (2025 a).

Notes

Published as part of Li, Xing, Chen, Bin, Qu, Guohua, An, Mengya & Liang, Junfeng, 2026, Studies in Lepiota (Agaricales, Verrucosporaceae): supporting the merger of Chamaemyces into Lepiota and proposing two new species, pp. 103-125 in MycoKeys 133 on pages 103-125, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.133.186351

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Lepiota
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Turland NJ, Wiersema JH, Barrie FR, Gandhi KN, Gravendyck J, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Klopper RR, Knapp S, Kusber WH, Li DZ, May TW, Monro AM, Prado J, Price MJ, Smith GF, Zamora Sefioret JC (2025) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Madrid Code). Regnum Vegetabile 162. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • Li JX, Zhao RL, Phurbu D, Xing R, Liu DM, He MQ, Ling ZL, Han XX, Feng HY, Zhu XY, Yang WQ, Wang SH, Cao B (2025 a) Disentangling taxonomic chaos in Agaricaceae s. l.: an integrative phylogenomic framework with divergence dating reconstructs classification. Fungal Diversity 135: 745–881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-025-00568-9