Leucogyrophana mollusca (Fr.) Pouzar is a fungus in the Hygrophoropsidaceae family, order Boletales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Leucogyrophana mollusca (Fr.) Pouzar

Leucogyrophana mollusca (Fr.) Pouzar

Leucogyrophana mollusca is a fungus that decomposes dead conifer wood to recycle forest nutrients.

Genus
Leucogyrophana
Order
Boletales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Leucogyrophana mollusca (Fr.) Pouzar

Leucogyrophana mollusca is a fungus belonging to the genus Leucogyrophana and the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. It grows primarily on dead conifer wood, where it contributes to decomposing fallen trees and recycling nutrients back into the forest ecosystem.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Boletales Hygrophoropsidaceae Leucogyrophana

More from Hygrophoropsidaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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