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| synonyms: Dunkler Shirmpilz |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Brown, Black or blackish |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| 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 |
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Lepiota felina (Pers. ex Fr.) Karst Dunkler Shirmpilz. Cap 2–3cm across, slightly umbonate, the whole cap is dark brown to almost black when in bud, the cuticle breaks up into minute erect scales as the cap expands. Stem 30–50 x 2–4mm, fibrillose, whitish sprinkled with blackish scales towards the base; ring membranous, white on upper surface, dark grey-brown below. Flesh white, becoming tinged brownish. Smell strongly fungusy. Gills white. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate to obtusely fusiform, hyaline, surface squamules formed of tufts of elongated hairs. Spore print white. Spores ovoid, 6.5–7.5 x 3.5–4um. Habitat in coniferous woods. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.
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