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

synonyms: Feldschirmpilz
Lepiota oreadiformis Mushroom
Ref No: 9404
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Lepiota oreadiformis2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9405
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground

Lepiota oreadiformis Vel. syn. L. laevigata (Lange) Lange Feldschirmpilz. Cap 2–6cm across, flattened convex with a slight broad umbo, appearing smooth but minutely felty under a lens, light ochre-brown at the centre becoming pale towards the margin. Stem 30–45 x 8–12mm, white or whitish covered in pale cottony scales, ring zone indistinct. Flesh white becoming brown with age. Smell pleasant and sweet. Gills white. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid-fusiform, dextrinoid, 11.5–13.5 x 4.5–5.5um. Surface of cap formed of elongated, thin-walled, subhyaline, unicellular hairs with short clavate or ovate cells forming an almost hymeniform layer at their base. Habitat amongst grass in the open. Season late summer to autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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