Lepista
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Lepista is a deprecated genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...

s, formerly grouped in the large genus Tricholoma and more recently found to be a synonym of Clitocybe
Clitocybe
Hundreds of species of mushrooms compose the fungus genus Clitocybe. They are characterized by white, off-white, buff, cream, pink, or light-yellow spores, gills running down the stem, and pale white to brown or lilac coloration. They are primarily saprotrophic, decomposing forest ground litter...

. However, Clitocybe itself appears polyphyletic and may have to be split. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains about 50 species.

Species

  • Lepista caespitosa
  • Lepista flaccida (previously Clitocybe flaccida)
  • Lepista gilva
  • Lepista glaucocana
  • Lepista inversa
  • Lepista nuda (Wood blewit)
  • Lepista saeva (Field blewit)
  • Lepista sordida

Further reading

  • Gulden, G. 1983. Studies in Lepista (Fr.) W.G. Smith section Lepista (Basidiomycotina, Agaricales). - Sydowia 36: 59-74.
  • Gulden, G. 1992. Lepista. In Hansen, L. & Knudsen, H. (red.): Nordic macromycetes, vol 2. - København
  • Harmaja, H. 1974. A revision of the generic limit between Clitocybe and Lepista. - Karstenia 14: 82-92.
  • Harmaja, H. 1976. A further revision of the generic limit between Lepista and Clitocybe. - Karstenia 15: 13-15.
  • Harmaja, H. (2003). Notes on Clitocybe s. lato (Agaricales). Ann. Bot. Fennici 40: 213-218.
  • Lange, J. E. 1935. Flora Agaricina Danica, bind 1. - København.
  • Moser, M. 1983. Die Röhrlinge und Blätterpilze. Kleine Kryptogamenflora. 5. Auflage. - Stuttgart.
  • Petersen, J. H. & J. Vesterholt 1990 (red.). Danske storsvampe. - København
  • Reid, A. D. 1968. Coloured icones of rare and interesting fungi, part 3. - Suppl. Nova Hedw. 15: 13-14.
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