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Leucocybe candicans

(Pers.) Vizzini, P. Alvarado, G. Moreno & Consiglio

a fungus

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1059802

Element CodeNFAGA59010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderAgaricales

FamilyIncertae sedis (Order: Agaricales)

GenusLeucocybe

Synonyms

Agaricus candicansPers.Clitocybe candicans(Pers.) P. Kumm.

Concept Reference

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. In Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (https://indexfungorum.org and https://speciesfungorum.org) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Taxonomic Comments

Species Fungorum (2018/2025) and Mycobank (2025) expands the concept of Clitocybe candicans (= Leucocybe candicans) to include C. tenuissima, while Schalkwijk-Barendsen (1991) here treated them as distinct.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Labrador	SNR	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Oregon (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Marble Point	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	6,874
Twin Mountain	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	58,533

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dark Divide	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	52,483

References (2)

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.