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

synonyms: Herbstschirmpilz, Lepiota ventriosospora
Lepiota magnispora Mushroom
Ref No: 9402
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Ring on stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lepiota magnispora Murrill syn. Lepiota ventriosospora Reid L. metulaespora (Berk. & Br.) Sacc. of some European authors Herbstschirmpilz. Cap 4–8cm across, conico-convex expanding to almost flattened, ochraceous with yellow to brown scales, centre darker and smooth. Stem 30–40 x 4–8mm, concolorous with cap, covered in large yellowish cottony scales, especially towards the base. Flesh thin, whitish in cap, brown or reddish brown in the stem. Gills white. Cheilocystidia variable, ovate, clavate, or lageniform 9–15m wide. Spore print white. Spores fusoid, dextrinoid, 14.5–17.5 x 4–5um. Surface hairs comprising the scales on the cap elongated, thin-walled, unicellular, with rounded obtuse or slightly narrowed apex. Habitat deciduous woods. Season autumn. Uncommon. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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