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Macrolepiota mastoidea.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Lépiote mamelonnée, Slender Parasol, Spitzbuckliger Schirmpilz
Macrolepiota mastoidea Mushroom
Ref No: 7828
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Distinctly scaly
stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Macrolepiota mastoidea (Fr.) Sing. Syn. Macrolepiota gracilenta syn. Lepiota mastioidea (Fr.) Kummer, L. umbonata (Schum.) Schroet. Lépiote mamelonnée Spitzbuckliger Schirmpilz Slender Parasol. Cap 8–12cm across, subglobose at first expanding flattened convex with a distinct acute umbo, white to cream-ochre covered in minute pale ochraceous granular scales. Stem 80–100´8–15mm, white with small, densely crowded, yellowish-brown granular scales, slightly swollen at the base; ring white and thick. Flesh thin, white. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills white. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, 12–16 x 8–9.5um. Habitat in open woodland. Season autumn. Uncommon. Edible – good. Distribution, America and Europe.

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