''Macrocybe titans'' is a species of mushroom native to Florida, Central and South America,
This mushroom was described as ''Tricholoma titans'' in 1980 by
Howard E. Bigelow and J. W. Kimbrough, before being reclassified in ''
Macrocybe
''Macrocybe'' is a genus of fungi in the family Callistosporiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms) and were previously referred to ''Tricholoma'', but are all large, whitish, and saprotrophic (''Tricholoma'' species ar ...
'' in 1998.
''Macrocybe titans'' form solid, large mushrooms that grow in clumps. The cap is from across, with rare specimens up to in diameter. Buff-ochre with a darker centre and greyish at the margins, and becoming white with age. The crowded white to pale grey or pale brown gills are sinuate and up to 2 cm thick. The cylindrical stout white stem is high and across with a swollen base up to in diameter. Rare specimens have stems up to high and wide.
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''Macrocybe titans''
at Mushroom Expert
Tricholomataceae
Fungi of North America
Fungi of Central America
plants described in 1980
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