Species
Lepiota spheniscispora (Penguin-spored lepiota)
Lepiota spheniscispora. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Lepiota spheniscispora is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Found in central coastal California, it was described in 2001 by mycologist Else Vellinga.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Suborder: Agaricineae
- Family: Verrucosporaceae
- Genus: Lepiota
- Species: Lepiota spheniscispora (Penguin-spored lepiota)
- Genus: Lepiota
- Family: Verrucosporaceae
- Suborder: Agaricineae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)