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Lepiota ignivolvata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Braunbuckliger Schirmpilz, Lépiote à base couleur de feu
Lepiota ignivolvata Mushroom
Ref No: 9401
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem, Bulbous base of 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 ignivolvata Bousset-Joss Lépiote à base couleur de feu Braunbuckliger Schirmpilz. Cap 4–10cm across, convex then expanded and umbonate, centre reddish-brown, disrupting into tiny crowded ochraceous cream scales which become more dispersed towards the margin. Stem 60–120 x 6–15mm, slightly bulbous, with bright orange zone on the edge of the bulb which often becomes more obvious after collection; there is often a similar orange colour on the underside of the ring. Flesh white. Taste foul, smell strong and rank. Gills white to cream. Spore print white. Spores fusoid, 11–13 x 6um. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible -avoid. Found In Europe.

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