Macropsalliota americana (Peck) Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang, 2024

Yang, Kun L., Lin, Jia Y., Li, Guang-Mei, Li, Taihui & Yang, Zhu L., 2024, Rediscovering Leucoagaricus sinicus, with the recognition of Leucoagaricus and Leucocoprinus as separate genera, and two new genera in Agaricaceae (Basidiomycota), Phytotaxa 676 (3), pp. 199-255 : 229

Macropsalliota americana (Peck) Kun L. Yang, Jia Y. Lin & Zhu L. Yang , comb. nov.

Registration identifier:— FN572132

Basionym:— Agaricus americanus Peck, Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History 23: 71 (1872)

≡ Leucoagaricus americanus (Peck) Vellinga, Mycotaxon 76: 433 (2000)

Notes:— Based on the phylogenetic and morphological evidence of the following collections: NYS, Clinton, Aug. 1869 (holotype, from USA, sequence data unavailable, referred to Vellinga (2000a)), ECV2454 (from USA, sequence data available from AY176407 (ITS) & AF482891 (nrLSU), referred to Vellinga et al. (2003) & Vellinga (2004)), S. Sheine (UC) (from USA, sequence data available from HM488809 (rpb2) & HM488888 (tef-1α), referred to Vellinga et al. (2011)), BHI-F360a (from USA, sequence data available from MF161229 (ITS), referred to Haelewaters et al. (2018)), NYBG0005 (from USA, sequence data available from KY350857 (ITS) & KY350858 (nrLSU), direct submission by Bomanz) & S.D. Russell MycoMap #5468 (from USA, sequence data available from MW567863 (ITS), direct submission by Russell).