Melanoleuca
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Melanoleuca is a poorly known genus of saprotrophic mushrooms traditionally classified in the Tricholomataceae family. Most are small to medium sized, white, brown, ocher or gray with a cylindrical to subcylindrical stipe and white to pale yellowish gills. The basidiospores are ellipsoid and ornamented with amyloid warts.Melanoleuca is considered a difficult group to study due to their macroscopic similarities among species and the need of a thorough microscopic analysis to separate species.DNA studies have determined that...
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