Laccaria is a genus around 100 species of fungus found in both temperate and tropical regions of the world.Mueller GM. (1985). Numerical taxonomic analyses on Laccaria (Agaricales). Mycologia 77: 121-129. They are mycorrhizal. The type species is Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver. Other notable species include L. bicolor, and the amethyst deceiver (L. amethystina), sometimes incorrectly written as L. amethystea. Because some Laccaria species have the ability to grow vegetatively and/or germinate from basidiospores in culture, they are often used as experimental systems for studies of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes.Podila GK, Zheng J, Balasubramanian S, Sundaram S, Hiremath S, Brand JH, Hymes MJ. (2002). Fungal gene expression in early symbiotic interactions between Laccaria bicolor and red pine. Plant and Soil 244: 117–128. They have a tetrapolar mating system, meaning that the mating type is controlled by two loci. Recently, the genome of L. bicolor has been sequenced.Martin F, Selosse MA. (2008). The Laccaria genome: a symbiont blueprint decoded. New Phytologist 180(2):296-310.
Description Laccaria typically have thick, widely spaced, purple to flesh-colored gills that are adnate to slightly decurrent in attachment. The spores are white and ornamented in most species.
Species The following is an list of Laccaria species reported in the literature:
Image Name Year Distribution Laccaria acanthospora 2013 Laccaria alba 2004 Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis 1984 western North America Laccaria amethystina 1884 Europe, Asia, Central and South America, eastern North America Laccaria angustilamella 2004 Laccaria araneosa 2018 Laccaria aurantia 2014 China Laccaria avachaensis 1993 Laccaria bella 1884 Laccaria bicolor 1960 North America Laccaria bisporigera 1993 Laccaria bullipellis 2013 Laccaria bullulifera 1965 Laccaria caerulacea 1991 Laccaria calosperma 1933 Laccaria calospora 1973 Laccaria canaliculata 1899 Laccaria chibinensis 1974 Russia Laccaria cyanolamellata 2006 Laccaria echinospora 1943 Laccaria edulis 1946 Laccaria fengkaiensis 2020 Laccaria fibrillosa 1972 Laccaria flavobrunnea 1949 Laccaria fraterna 1965 Laccaria fulvogrisea 2014 China Laccaria galerinoides 1965 Laccaria gibba 1994 Laccaria glabripes 1972 Laccaria globosa 2005 Laccaria gomezii 1988 Laccaria goossensiae 2003 Laccaria griseolilacina 2020 Laccaria halosperma 1933 Laccaria himalayensis 2013 Laccaria indohimalayana 2019 Laccaria japonica 2017 Japan Laccaria laccata 1884 Laccaria lateritia 1966 Laccaria lilacina 1964 Laccaria longipes 1991 Laccaria lutea 1989 Laccaria macrobasidia 2020 Laccaria macrocystidiata 1994 Laccaria maritima 1987 Laccaria masoniae 1964 Laccaria montana 1973 Laccaria moshuijun 2017 China Laccaria murina 1938 Laccaria negrimarginata 2013 Laccaria nigra 1959 Laccaria nobilis 1984 Laccaria oblongospora 1984 Laccaria ochropurpurea 1897 Laccaria ochrosquamulosa 1994 Laccaria ohiensis 1947 Laccaria olivaceogrisea 1987 Laccaria paraphysata 2014 Laccaria parva 2018 Laccaria prava 2020 Laccaria proxima 1887 Laccaria proximella 1965 Laccaria pruinosipes 1994 Laccaria pseudomontana 2006 Laccaria pumila 1893 Laccaria purpureobadia 1966 Laccaria roseoalbescens 2015 Laccaria rubroalba 2016 Laccaria salmonicolor 2013 Laccaria singeri 1983 Laccaria spodophora 1884 Laccaria squarrosa 2017 Laccaria stellata 2016 Laccaria striatula 1912 Laccaria tetraspora 1947 Laccaria torosa 2018 Laccaria tortilis 1884 Laccaria transilvanica 1991 Laccaria trichodermophora 1984 Laccaria trullisata 1912 Laccaria versiforma 2018 Laccaria versiformis 2018 Laccaria vinaceoavellanea 1971 Laccaria vinaceobrunnea 1984 Laccaria vinaceorosea 1998 Laccaria vinosofusca 1884 Laccaria violaceibasis 2003 Laccaria violaceonigra 1964 Laccaria violaceotincta 2019 Laccaria vulcanica 1994 Laccaria yunnanensis 2014China
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(Archived at: CYBERLIBER: an Electronic Library for Mycology.) (Archived at: Archive.org.) Field Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-12-12.