Ka puaʻa nui (Leucopaxillus giganteus)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Kauoha: Agaricales (Agaric a i ʻole Lamellar)
- ʻOhana: Tricholomataceae (Tricholomovye a i ʻole Ryadovkovye)
- ʻAno: Leucopaxillus (Puaʻa Keʻokeʻo)
- Type: Leucopaxillus giganteus (Puaa Pilikua)
- Kanaka kamaʻilio
puaʻa nunui (ʻO ka t. Leucopaxillus giganteus) he ʻano haʻuki i komo i loko o ka genus Leucopaxillus o ka ʻohana Ryadovkovye (Tricholomataceae).
ʻAʻole ia i ke ʻano o ka poʻe kamaʻilio, akā i ka ʻano puaʻa (ʻaʻole puaʻa). Eia nō naʻe, no ka ʻohana hoʻokahi nā genera ʻelua.
He halo nui kēia. ʻO ka pāpale he 10-30 cm ke anawaena, he ʻano funnel liʻiliʻi, lobed-wavy ma ka ʻaoʻao, keʻokeʻo-melemele. He keʻokeʻo nā papa, hope ka cream. Hoʻokahi kala me ka pāpale ka wāwae. He keʻokeʻo ka ʻiʻo, mānoanoa, me ka ʻala pauda, ʻaʻohe ʻono nui.
Loaʻa ka puaʻa nunui i loko o ka ululāʻau ma ka ʻāpana ʻEulopa o ko mākou ʻāina a me ka Caucasus. I kekahi manawa, hana ʻia nā "witch rings".
Hiki ke ʻai, akā hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōpū. ʻO Mediocre, conditionally edible mushroom of the 4th category, hoʻohana hou (ma hope o 15-20 mau minuke o ka paila) a i ʻole ka paʻakai. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohana wale i nā ʻōpala ʻōpio. ʻO nā mea kahiko he ʻawaʻawa iki a kūpono wale no ka maloʻo. Aia i loko o ka pulp o ka haʻakai kahi lāʻau antibiotic e pepehi i ka tubercle bacillus - clitocybin A a me B.