100 more species #90: Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

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Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, yellow parasol; flowerpot mushroom; etc.

This glamorous trio of tropical mushrooms appeared in the soil of one of our potted plants on a very tropical feeling evening. The temperature in the upstairs hallway is in the 80s (Fahrenheit) with storm-a-brewing humidity. This mushroom species will fruit outdoors in warm places, in gardens, grass, and mulch, but we temperate folks have to hope its exotic spores have taken root (or rather, extended into hyphae) in the soil of potted plants and the like.

This species has appeared on this blog once before, fruiting in a planter in the anteater exhibit in the tropical forest building at the zoo.