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Aspropaxillus giganteus

(Sowerby) Kühner & Maire

Giant Leucopax

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.911873
Element CodeNFFUNLEGI1
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassBasidiomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusAspropaxillus
Synonyms
Leucopaxillus giganteus(Quél.) Singer
Concept Reference
Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Mycobank (2025) include Clitocybe candida and Aspropaxillus septentrionalis in Aspropaxillus giganteus, while Species Fungorum (2025) treat them as distinct.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
IndianaSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
AlbertaS4Yes
ManitobaSUYes
SaskatchewanSUYes
British ColumbiaS3Yes
Nova ScotiaSUYes
Prince Edward IslandSUYes
Yukon TerritorySUYes
QuebecS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (3)
Colorado (1)
AreaForestAcres
San MiguelSan Juan NF64,263
Idaho (1)
AreaForestAcres
North Lochsa SlopeNez Perce-Clearwater National Forest117,662
New Mexico (1)
AreaForestAcres
Wheeler Peak WildernessCarson National Forest2,677
References (4)
  1. Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.
  4. Species Fungorum. 2014. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org (accessed 2014)