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Lepiota clypeolaria Mushroom
Ref No: 9387
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Lepiota clypeolaria2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9388
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lepiota clypeolaria (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer Cap 2-8cm across, broadly bell-shaped becoming flatter with a low, broad umbo; margin ragged from veil remnants and sometimes recurved in mature specimens; cinnamon brown on the disc, paler and more yellowish tawny near the edge; dry, velvety, quickly breaking up into scales. Gills free, close, narrow; white. Stem 40-120 x 3-8mm, fragile; whitish or yellowish at the top, becoming more dingy brownish below in age; covered in soft, cottony, shaggy scales. Veil white, leaving a slight ring on upper stem. Flesh thin, white. Odor mild or slightly pungent. Taste not distinctive. Spores fusiform, smooth, dextrinoid, 12.4-18 x 4.4-5.5µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly, scattered, or in small groups in mixed woods, hardwoods, or sometimes swamps. Sometimes quite common. Found in Europe and widely distributed in North America. Season July-November in the East, November-February in California. Poisonous.

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