Montagnea arenaria, commonly known as the gasteroid coprinus,[2] is a species of secotioid fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Originally named Agaricus arenarius by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1815,[3] it was transferred to the genus Montagnea by Sanford Myron Zeller in 1943. The species is characterized by a cap that has an apical disc, radial gills, a hymenophore, and spores with a prominent germ pore.[4] It is inedible.[5]

Montagnea arenaria
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M. arenaria
Binomial name
Montagnea arenaria
(DC.) Zeller (1943)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus arenarius DC. (1815)
Montagnites candollei Fr. (1838)
Montagnea candollei (Fr.) Fr. (1854)
Montagnites arenarius (DC.) Morse (1948)

References edit

  1. ^ "Montagnea arenaria (DC.) Zeller 1943". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. ^ De Candolle AP. (1815). Flore française (in French). Vol. 6 (3 ed.). p. 15.
  4. ^ Zeller, S. M. (1943). "North American species of Galeropsis, Gyrophagmium, Longia, and Montagnea". Mycologia. 35 (4): 409–21. doi:10.2307/3754593. JSTOR 3754593.
  5. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

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Montagnea arenaria
 Gills on hymenium
 Cap is flat
 Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
 Stipe has a volva
 Edibility is inedible