Lepiota luteophylla Sundb. (1971)
Yellow-gilled cypress lepiota
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1976 (Schwarz & Vellinga, 2017)
Rediscovered in: December 2016 (observation); September 2017 (confirmation) (both Research Grade iNaturalist observation)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sundberg, W. J. (1971). A new species of Lepiota. Mycologia 63: 79-82.
Other references:
Dahlberg, A. and Mueller, G. (2011). Applying IUCN red-listing criteria for assessing and reporting on the conservation status of fungal species. Fungal Ecology 4: 1-16.
Schwarz, C. and Vellinga, E.C. (2017). Lepiota luteophylla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T95384528A95385509. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T95384528A95385509.en. Accessed on 06 July 2022.
Siegel, N. and Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California. Emeryville, California: Ten Speed Press. [p. 63; mentioned in note for L. castaneidisca]
Vellinga, E. C. (2003). Phylogeny of Lepiota (Agaricaceae) - Evidence from nrITS and nrLSU sequences. Mycological Progress 2: 305-322.
Vellinga, E. C. (2006). Lepiotaceous fungi in California, U.S.A. – 2. Lepiota rhodophylla sp. nov. Mycotaxon 98: 205-211.
Vellinga, E. C. (2010). Lepiota in California: species with a hymeniform pileus covering. Mycologia 102: 664-674.
Acknowledgements
I thank mycologist Nicolas Schwab for bringing the rediscovery of this species to my attention.