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Table 9.1 (continued)
Scientific name
Common name
Position in classification
(Index Fungorum 2017)
Habitat
Laetiporus
cincinnatus (Morgan)
Burds., Banik &
T.J. Volk
Chicken of the woods Fomitopsidaceae, Polyporales,
Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Parasitic/
saprobic
Laetiporus
sulphureus (Bull.)
Murrill
Chicken of the
woods, chicken
mushroom
Parasitic/
saprobic
Leccinum
aurantiacum (Bull.)
Gray
Red-capped scaber
stalk
Boletaceae, Boletales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Ectomycorrhizal
Leccinum scabrum
(Bull.) Gray
Birch bolete
Ectomycorrhizal
Leccinum versipelle
(Fr. & Hök) Snell
Orange birch bolete,
boletus
testaceoscaber
Ectomycorrhizal
Lentinula edodes
(Berk.) Pegler
Shiitake
Omphalotaceae, Agaricales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Saprobic
Lepiota americana
(Peck) Sacc.
Reddening lepiota
Agaricaceae, Agaricales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Saprobic
Lepista nuda (Bull.)
Cooke
Blewits
Tricholomataceae, Agaricales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Saprobic
Leucoagaricus
leucothites Vittad.
Wasser
White dapperling,
white agaricus
mushroom
Agaricaceae, Agaricales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Saprobic
Lycoperdon
umbrinum Pers.
Common puffball,
warted puffball,
gem-studded
puffball, the devil’s
snuffbox
Saprobic
Macrolepiota
procera (Scop.)
Singer
Parasol mushroom
Saprobic
Macrolepiota
rhacodes (Vittad.)
Singer
Shaggy parasol
Saprobic
(continued)
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