Summary ³

Leucoagaricus americanus is a mushroom in the genus Leucoagaricus, native to North America. It was first described by Charles Horton Peck, an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in 2000. It grows in almost all waste places, stumps and grounds. It is considered edible, but it might be harmful to ingest the mushroom sometimes.

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