White Teacher - Leucistic GT

Variety Origin: The TAT (True Albino Teacher) family tree started a mere 3 years ago, and is the mother of over 25 varieties. A countless number of varieties are in the process of isolation and stabilization. Leucistic or Leucism is the partial loss of all types of pigmentation, including carotenoids.

Habitat: Bovine, Equine Dung and Enriched Soils

Climate: Subtropical

Cap: 25-85 mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity. Orange/burnt orange maturing to a white / light yellow with nearly white edges. Surface dry lacking remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 100-160+ mm in length. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity.

Spores: Dark purple/brown