Lepiota clypeolaria
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Lepiota clypeolaria commonly known as the shield dapperling, is a common, toxic mushroom in the genus Lepiota
. It can frequently be found in deciduous forest.
The white stem has an indistinct ring, below which it is coarsely woolly, giving an appearance which is sometimes described as "booted". The stem is long, hollow and slender and expands slightly below into a club shape. The flesh is white and has an unpleasant smell.
The spores are long and thin and "almond-shaped" (amygdaliform), meaning that they are concave near one end on one side. They are 11-18µm × 4.5-6µm.
Lepiota
Lepiota is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All Lepiota species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stem. Around 400 species of Lepiota are...
. It can frequently be found in deciduous forest.
Description
The cap is egg shaped when young, soon broadly bell shaped and has pale straw- or orange-brown scales on a pale background. The central boss is covered with a well-delimited uniform disk of the same colour as the scales. It grows to 5 cm, rarely up to 8 cm in diameter. The gills are white and crowded, with white spores.The white stem has an indistinct ring, below which it is coarsely woolly, giving an appearance which is sometimes described as "booted". The stem is long, hollow and slender and expands slightly below into a club shape. The flesh is white and has an unpleasant smell.
The spores are long and thin and "almond-shaped" (amygdaliform), meaning that they are concave near one end on one side. They are 11-18µm × 4.5-6µm.