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Leucoagaricus mealeagris
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Common Name: none

Pileus - 70 - 90 mm diameter, convex at first, then becomes broadly convex or bell shape to applanate as it matures, white with fibrillose brown scales, gills close

Stipe - 100 - 110 mm long, central to eccentric, cylindrical, white in color

Spores - hyaline

Ecology - saprophyte on leaf litters, compost and soil, solitary to gregarious

Edibility- edible

Occurrence - College of Agriculture, CLSU Campus

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