Lepiota hystrix Lange syn. L. hispida (Lasch) Gillet Lépiote hisute Kegelschuppiger Schirmpilz. Cap 4–6cm across, ovate then convex, surface disrupted into coarse pyramidal brownish-black scales, decreasing in size towards the overhanging margin and revealing the white subcutaneous layer. Stem 50–60 x 6–10mm, apex whitish and exuding reddish droplets (as does the cap margin) which become dark brown with age, lower side of ring and rest of stem covered in dark brown scales like the cap. Flesh whitish. Taste fungal, like puffballs, smell strong and reminiscent of elderflowers. Gills crowded, not forked, white with blackish edges (sub lente). Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate. Tips of scales on cap formed of brown sphaerocysts. Spore print white. Spores narrowly elliptic to subcylindric, dextrinoid, 6–7 x 2.5–3um. Habitat deciduous woods. Season late summer. Rare. Not edible -suspect. Found In Europe.