{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Macrolepiota-Colima-Mexico.jpg | image_caption = ''Macrolepiota'' sp. | taxon = Macrolepiota | authority = Singer (1948) | type_species = ''Macrolepiota procera'' | type_species_authority = (Scop.) Singer (1948) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlMycoBank: Macrolepiota"/> | synonyms = *''Lepiotella'' <small>Rick (1938)<ref name="Rick 1938"/></small> *''Rickella'' <small>Locq. (1952)<ref name="Locquin 1952"/></small> *''Volvolepiota'' <small>Singer (1959)<ref name="Singer 1959"/></small> }}

'''''Macrolepiota''''' is a genus of white spored, gilled mushrooms of the family Agaricaceae. The best-known member is the parasol mushroom (''M.&nbsp;procera''). The widespread genus contains about 40 species.

==Taxonomy== ''Macrolepiota'' was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1948, with ''Macrolepiota procera'' as the type species.<ref name="Singer 1948"/>

DNA studies have split this genus into three clades. The macrolepiota clade includes ''M.&nbsp;procera, M.&nbsp;clelandii'', ''M.&nbsp;dolichaula'' and closely related species. The macrosporae clade includes species such as ''M.&nbsp;mastoidea'', ''M.&nbsp;konradii'', and ''M.&nbsp;orientiexcoriata'', while the volvatae clade includes ''M.&nbsp;velosa'' and ''M.&nbsp;eucharis''.<ref name="Vellinga 2003"/><ref name="Ge 2010"/>

==Uses== ''Macrolepiota procera'', the parasol mushroom, is a well-known and highly esteemed edible species in much of Europe.<ref>Parasol Mushroom - Private mushroom record of Józef Bossowski</ref>

==Species== {{As of|2015|October}}, Index Fungorum accepts 42 species of ''Macrolepiota'':<ref name="CoL/Fungorum"/> *''Macrolepiota africana'' (R.Heim) Heinem. 1969 – Cameroon *''Macrolepiota albida'' Heinem. 1969 *''Macrolepiota albuminosa'' (Berk.) Pegler 1972 *''Macrolepiota ampliospora'' Sosin 1960 *''Macrolepiota bonaerensis'' (Speg.) Singer 1951 – São Paulo *''Macrolepiota brasiliensis'' (Rick) Raithelh. 1988 *''Macrolepiota brunnescens'' Vellinga 2003 *''Macrolepiota campestris'' Lebedeva ex Samgina 1983 *''Macrolepiota citrinascens'' Vasas 1990 *''Macrolepiota clelandii'' Grgur. 1997 – Australasia *''Macrolepiota colombiana'' Franco-Mol. 1999 *''Macrolepiota crustosa'' L.P. Shao & C.T. Xiang 1980 – China<ref name="Shao 1980"/> *''Macrolepiota detersa'' Z.W.Ge, Zhu L.Yang & Vellinga 2010 – China<ref name="Ge 2010"/> *''Macrolepiota dolichaula'' (Berk. & Broome) Pegler & R.W.Rayner 1969 *''Macrolepiota eucharis'' Vellinga & Halling 2003 – Australia<ref name="Vellinga 2003c"/> *''Macrolepiota excoriata'' (Schaeff.) Wasser 1978 *''Macrolepiota fornica'' Raithelh. 1988 *''Macrolepiota fuligineosquarrosa'' Malençon 1979 – Morocco<ref name="Malençon 1979"/> *''Macrolepiota fuliginosa'' (Barla) Bon 1977 – Great Britain *''Macrolepiota gasteroidea'' T.Lebel 2011 – Australia<ref name="Lebel 2012"/> *''Macrolepiota gracilenta'' (Krombh.) Wasser 1978 *''Macrolepiota imbricata'' (Henn.) Pegler 1966 *''Macrolepiota kerandi'' (Speg.) Singer 1951 *''Macrolepiota konradii'' (Huijsman ex P.D.Orton) M.M.Moser 1967 *''Macrolepiota mallea'' (Berk.) Manjula 1983 *''Macrolepiota mastoidea'' (Fr.) Singer 1951 – Europe, Australia *''Macrolepiota odorata'' Heinem. 1969 *''Macrolepiota orientiexcoriata'' Z.W.Ge, Zhu L.Yang & Vellinga 2010 – China<ref name="Ge 2010"/> *''Macrolepiota permixta'' (Barla) Pacioni 1979 – Great Britain *''Macrolepiota phaeodisca'' Bellù 1984 – Spain *''Macrolepiota procera'' (Scop.) Singer 1948 – Europe, Russia *''Macrolepiota prominens'' (Sacc.) M.M.Moser 1967 *''Macrolepiota psammophila'' Guinb. 1996 *''Macrolepiota pulchella'' de Meijer & Vellinga 2003 *''Macrolepiota rubescens'' (L.M.Dufour) Pázmány 1985 *''Macrolepiota stercoraria'' (Rick) Raithelh. 1988 *''Macrolepiota subcitrophylla'' Z.W.Ge 2012 – China<ref name="Ge 2012"/> *''Macrolepiota turbinata'' T.Lebel 2011 – Australia<ref name="Lebel 2012"/> *''Macrolepiota velosa'' Vellinga & Zhu L.Yang 2003 – China<ref name="Vellinga 2003b"/> *''Macrolepiota vinaceofibrillosa'' T.Lebel 2011 – Australia<ref name="Lebel 2012"/> *''Macrolepiota zeyheri'' (Berk. & Singer) Heinem. 1962

==See also== *List of Agaricaceae genera *List of Agaricales genera

==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=

<ref name="CoL/Fungorum">{{cite web |author=Kirk PM. |title=Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/2e45213962f09b23a7facb6bd8973f72 |accessdate=2015-10-22 |archive-date=2018-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429231256/http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/2e45213962f09b23a7facb6bd8973f72 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Ge 2010">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ge ZW, Yang ZL, Vellinga EC |year=2010 |title=The genus ''Macrolepiota'' (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota) in China |journal=Fungal Diversity |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=81–98 |doi=10.1007/s13225-010-0062-0|s2cid=42451518 |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt8x34w9fh/qt8x34w9fh.pdf?t=lhw509 |doi-access=free }} {{open access}}</ref>

<ref name="Ge 2012">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ge ZW, Chen ZH, Yang ZL |title=''Macrolepiota subcitrophylla'' sp. nov., a new species with yellowish lamella from southwest China |journal=Mycoscience |year=2012 |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=284–289 |doi=10.1007/s10267-011-0167-7|s2cid=84732479 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="Lebel 2012">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lebel T, Syme A |title=Sequestrate species of ''Agaricus'' and ''Macrolepiota'' from Australia: new species and combinations and their position in a calibrated phylogeny |journal=Mycologia |year=2012 |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=496–520 |pmid=22067305 |doi=10.3852/11-092 |s2cid=26266778 |url=http://www.mycologia.org/content/104/2/496.full|url-access=subscription }} {{open access}}</ref>

<ref name="Locquin 1952">{{cite journal |author=Locquin M. |title=Sur la non-validité de quelques genres d'Agaricales |journal=Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France |year=1952 |volume=68 |pages=165–69 |language=French}}</ref>

<ref name="Malençon 1979">{{cite journal |author=Malençon G. |title=Champignons du Maroc |journal=Beihefte zur Sydowia |year=1979 |volume=8 |pages=258–267 |language=French}}</ref>

<ref name="Rick 1938">{{cite journal |author=Rick JE. |title=Agarici Riograndenses |journal=Lilloa |year=1938 |volume=2 |pages=251–316}}</ref>

<ref name="Shao 1980">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shao LP, Xiang CT |title=The study on the ''Macrolepiota'' spp. in China |journal=Journal of Northeastern Forestry Institute |year=1980 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=35–38}}</ref>

<ref name="Singer 1948">{{cite journal |author=Singer R. |title=New and interesting species of Basidiomycetes. II |journal=Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences |year=1948 |volume=32 |pages=103–50}}</ref>

<ref name="Singer 1959">{{cite journal |author=Singer R. |title=Dos generos de hongos nuevos para Argentina |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica |year=1959 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=9–13 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

<ref name="urlMycoBank: Macrolepiota">{{cite web |title=''Macrolepiota'' Singer 1948 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=18007 |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref>

<ref name="Vellinga 2003">{{cite journal |vauthors=Vellinga EC, de Kok RP, Bruns TD |year=2003 |title=Phylogeny and taxonomy of ''Macrolepiota'' (Agaricaceae) |journal=Mycologia |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=442–56 |url=http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/content/full/95/3/442 |doi=10.2307/3761886 |jstor=3761886 |pmid=21156633|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

<ref name="Vellinga 2003b">{{cite journal |vauthors=Vellinga EC, Yang ZL |title=''Volvolepiota'' and ''Macrolepiota'' – ''Macrolepiota velosa'', a new species from China |journal=Mycotaxon |year=2003 |volume=85 |pages=183–186 |url=http://nature.berkeley.edu/brunslab/ev/vellinga_yang2003Macrolepiota_velosa.pdf |access-date=2015-10-23 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906122208/http://nature.berkeley.edu/brunslab/ev/vellinga_yang2003Macrolepiota_velosa.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Vellinga 2003c">{{cite journal |author=Vellinga EC. |title=''Chlorophyllum'' and ''Macrolepiota'' (Agaricaceae) in Australia |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |year=2003 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=361–370 |doi=10.1071/SB02013|bibcode=2003AuSyB..16..361V }}</ref>

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