Yellow Houseplant Mushrooms (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii)

Posted on 16 August 2011

These appeared in one of my mother’s flower pots a day after we had our first rain in months. They grew rapidly.
 

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, a common mushroom

Post-storm yellow mushrooms | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, day 2

common name Yellow Houseplant Mushroom
domain Eukaryota
kingdom Fungi
phylum Basidiomycota
class Agaricomycetes
order Agaricales
family Agaricaceae
genus Leucocoprinus
species birnbaumii
location Central Texas
IUCN status Not tracked

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