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Macrocybe - Wikipedia

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Macrocybe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Callistosporiaceae
Genus:	Macrocybe Pegler & Lodge (1998)
Type species
Macrocybe titans (H.E.Bigelow & Kimbr.) Pegler, Lodge & Nakasone (1998)
Species
M. crassa M. gigantea M. lobayensis M. pachymeres M. praegrandis M. sardoa M. spectabilis M. titans

Macrocybe is a genus of fungi in the family Callistosporiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms) and were previously referred to Tricholoma, but are all large, whitish, and saprotrophic (Tricholoma species are ectomycorrhizal).^[1]^[2] Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that the genus is a natural, monophyletic grouping, though the status of several species is uncertain.^[2] Macrocybe species have a tropical to subtropical distribution.

The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words makros "long" and kube "head".^[1]

Description

The species form huge, pale, fleshy fruit bodies that often grow in clumps on dead wood in the ground. The weight of the cluster may exceed 30 kg.^[1] The caps are convex to depressed, and sometimes have a central boss (umbo), and are white to cream or pale ochre or grey. One species, M. titans, has a cap that can reach a metre (40 in) in diameter. The white gills are sinuate. The flesh is white and does not change colour when bruised. The stipe is white and often has a swollen base. The spore print is white. The round to oval spores are less than 10 micrometres long and smooth.^[1]

Habitat

The species are saprotrophic, generally growing on dead wood in grass.^[1] One species, M. gigantea, has been found growing on elephant dung in Kerala state in India,^[3] and M. crassa has been cultivated on horse manure in Thailand.^[1]

Edibility

Several species are edible and eaten locally in Africa and southern Asia.^[1]^[4] An undescribed species is eaten by the Patamona people in Guyana.^[5] Although edible, some species do contain traces of cyanide that require cooking to eliminate.^[1]

Species

Eight species have been described,^[1]^[2] though it is not yet clear that they are all distinct.^[2]

M. crassa – Sri Lanka, India (Kerala), Malaysia, Thailand
M. gigantea – India (West Bengal), Pakistan, Nepal
M. lobayensis – West Africa
M. pachymeres – Sri Lanka, India
M. praegrandis – Brazil
M. sardoa - Sardinia
M. spectabilis – Mauritius, Japan, Hawaii
M. titans – USA (Florida), Mexico, Caribbean, Central & South America

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Pegler DN, Lodge DJ, Nakasone KK (1998). "The pantropical genus Macrocybe gen. nov". Mycologia. 90 (3): 494–504. doi:10.2307/3761408. JSTOR 3761408.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Marchetti M (2020). "Insights into the Tricholomatineae (Agaricales, Agaricomycetes): a new arrangement of Biannulariaceae and Callistosporium, Callistosporiaceae fam. nov., Xerophorus stat. nov., and Pleurocollybia incorporated into Callistosporium". Fungal Diversity. 101: 211–259. doi:10.1007/s13225-020-00441-x. S2CID 211729095.
^ Manimohan P, Agretious Thomas K, Shiva VS (2007). "Agarics on elephant dung in Kerala State, India". 99: 147–57. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Boa ER. (2004). Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview of Their Use and Importance to People. Food & Agriculture Organization. p. 138. ISBN 978-92-5-105157-3.
^ Henkel TW, Aime MC, Chin M, Andrew C (2004). "Edible mushrooms from Guyana". Mycologist. 18 (3): 104–11. doi:10.1017/S0269915X04003027.

Description

Habitat

Edibility

Species

References

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