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{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = 2009-10-23 Leucoagaricus leucothites (Vittad.) M.M. Moser ex Bon 61894 crop.jpg
| taxon = Leucoagaricus leucothites
| authority = ([[Vittad.]]) Wasser (1977)
| synonyms = *''Agaricus leucothites'' <small>Vittad. (1835)</small>
*''Lepiota holosericea'' <small>(J.&nbsp;J. Planer) [[Claude Casimir Gillet|Gillet]] (1874)</small>
*''Leucoagaricus naucinus''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Michael|last2=Stevens|first2=Fred|title=California Fungi: Leucoagaricus leucothites|url=http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Leucoagaricus_leucothites.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=MykoWeb}}</ref> <small>Singer</small>
*''Leucocoprinus holosericeus'' <small>(J.&nbsp;J. Planer) [[Locq.]] (1943)</small>
}}{{Mycomorphbox
| name = ''Leucoagaricus leucothites''{{italic title}}
| hymeniumType = gills
| capShape = convex
| whichGills = free
| stipeCharacter = ring
| sporePrintColor = white
| ecologicalType = saprotrophic
| howEdible = unknown
| capShape2 = flat
}}
'''''Leucoagaricus leucothites''''', commonly known as the '''smooth parasol''', '''woman on motorcycle''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arora |first=David |title=Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi |date=1986 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=978-0-89815-169-5 |edition=Second |location=Berkeley}}</ref> '''ma'am on motorcycle''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arora |first=David |title=All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms |date=February 1, 1991 |isbn=9780898153880}}</ref> '''white dapperling''', or '''white agaricus mushroom''', is a species of [[agaric]] fungus. The species was originally described as ''Agaricus leucothites'' by [[Carlo Vittadini]] in 1835, and bears similarity to species of [[Agaricus|that genus]].<ref name=":1">{{cite book|last1=Trudell|first1=Steve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC|title=Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest|last2=Ammirati|first2=Joe|publisher=Timber Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-88192-935-5|series=Timber Press Field Guides|location=Portland, OR|pages=76}}</ref> Solomon Wasser transferred it to ''[[Leucoagaricus]]'' in 1977.<ref name="Wasser 1977"/> While sometimes regarded as edible,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Davis|first=R. Michael|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797915861|title=Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America|last2=Sommer|first2=Robert|last3=Menge|first3=John A.|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-95360-4|location=Berkeley|pages=89–90|oclc=797915861}}</ref> the species is suspected of being poisonous due to [[Indigestion|gastric-upset]]-causing toxins.<ref name="Miller2006">{{cite book|last=Miller Jr.|first=Orson K.|title=North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi|last2=Miller|first2=Hope H.|publisher=[[FalconGuide]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1|location=Guilford, CN|pages=55}}</ref> It could also be confused with the deadly ''[[Amanita ocreata]]''.<ref name=":0" />

The mushroom's cap is 4 to 15&nbsp;cm wide,<ref name=":0" /> is granular, white or gray-brown in color then sometimes grayish or pinkish.<ref name=":1" /> The flesh may bruise yellowish and the gills reddish.<ref name=":1" /> The stipe is 5 to 12&nbsp;cm long, commonly with a wide base, and bruising yellow or brown.<ref name=":0" /> A [[Annulus (mycology)|ring]] is usually present.<ref name=":1" /> The spores are white, smooth, and elliptical.<ref name=":0" />

It generally appears in civilized areas such as gardens and parks, but sometimes is found in forests.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
*[[List of Leucoagaricus species|List of ''Leucoagaricus'' species]]

==References==
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<ref name="Wasser 1977">{{cite journal |author=Wasser SP. |title=New and rare species of Agaricaceae Cohn. family (in Russian) |journal=Ukrainskiy Botanichnyi Zhurnal |year=1977 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=305–8 |language=Russian}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34KGI5-ftWs Mushroom Poisoning: Destroying Angel vs. what's called a Lookalike that many Experts Avoid Eating]
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[[Category:Leucoagaricus|leucothites]]
[[Category:Fungi of Europe]]
[[Category:Fungi of North America]]
[[Category:Fungi described in 1835]]
[[Category:Fungus species]]


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