Lepista luscina (Fr. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Clitocybe luscina (Fr. ex Fr.) Karst. syn. Tricholoma panaeolum (Fr.) Quél. Mehliger Rötelritterling Argouane des praires. Cap 3–10cm across, convex becoming flattened or depressed and wavy, grey-brown, often ornamented with darker concentric rings of spots, white and mealy at margin. Stem 30–50 x 4–6mm, fibrous, apex white and mealy, greyish-brown below. Flesh thin, pallid. Taste sweet, mushroomy, smell of meal. Gills crowded, white then greyish. Spore print pale pinkish. Spores elliptic, minutely roughened, 5–7 x 3.5–4.5um. Habitat in rings in grass. Season autumn. Rare. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.
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