Leucangium purpureum

Coll. BL519
Coll. BL519
© H. Dawson

Leucangium purpureum (L. Fan & M. Chen) Lemmond & M.E. Sm., Persoonia, 55: 82 (2025).

 

Basionym Leucangium carthusianum var. purpureum L. Fan & M. Chen, Phytotaxa, 347 (2): 168 (2018).

Diagnosis Differs from L. carthusianum var. carthusianum by its small (usually less than 2 cm), purple and smooth ascomata.

Type BJTC FAN496 - holotypus

MycoBank 853897

 

Literature
Chen M., Fan L. 2018. Leucangium carthusianum var. purpureum, a new purple truffle from China. Phytotaxa, 347 (2): 165-175.
Lemmond B., Bonito G., Healy R., Van Wyk J., Dawson H.A., Noffsinger C.R., Stephens R., Sow A., J.M. Trappe, Orihara T., Mleczko P., Kaounas V., Smith M.E. 2025. Phylogenomics, trophic ecology, and systematics of the truffle-forming Morchellaceae. Persoonia, 55: 59-91.

Classification: Morchellaceae, Leucangium


Created on 19/08/2025.

Updated on 19/08/2025.

Distribution

Collections List

[US] Lincoln Co.
Cape Perpetua
10/09/2022, leg. H. Dawson (dog Rye)
BL519 
Source: Ascomycete.org
[CN] Hebei
Wuling Mountains
13/08/2015
FAN496 (BJTC)
Source: Ascomycete.org
[CN] Guancenshan
 
11/08/1987
83261 (HMAS)
Source: Ascomycete.org
[CA] Maple Ridge
 
15/07/1992, leg. H. Massicotte & L. Tackaberry
131592 (OSC)
Source: Ascomycete.org
[PL] Skawica
Skawiczanka Stream Valley
28/06/2012, leg. M. Kozak
F-2012-38 (KRA)
Source: Ascomycete.org
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