Vizzini, Alfredo & Marco Contu. The North American Leucopaxillus monticola (L. cerealis complex) newly recorded from Italy. Mycotaxon 109: 469–475. 2009.

ABSTRACT:  Collections of an interesting small whitish Leucopaxillus, found in Italian Larix forests, are described and illustrated. This taxon, well characterized by a small pileus with a sulcate margin, a polypore-like odour, and abundant filamentous cheilocystidia, is here described as a minor aberrant form of L. monticola. A discussion on its taxonomic position within Leucopaxillus and notes on closely related species are also added.

KEYWORDS:  Agaricales, tricholomatoid clade, Tricholomataceae, taxonomy