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Lepiota
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Lepiota

Lepiota is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All Lepiota species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stipe. Around 400 species of Lepiota are currently recognized worldwide. Many species are poisonous, some lethally so.

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32 branches of this group, most-observed first

Shield Dapperling

speciesLepiota clypeolaria

yellowfoot dapperling

speciesLepiota magnispora

Penguin-spored Lepiota

speciesLepiota spheniscispora

dune dapperling

speciesLepiota erminea

Lepiota oreadiformis

speciesLepiota oreadiformis

Lepiota echinella

speciesLepiota echinella

Lepiota cortinarius

speciesLepiota cortinarius

Lepiota sp. 'clypeolaria-IN01'

speciesLepiota sp. 'clypeolaria-IN01'

Lepiota subgracilis

speciesLepiota subgracilis

Lepiota elseae

speciesLepiota elseae

Lepiota sp. 'clypeolaria-IN03'

speciesLepiota sp. 'clypeolaria-IN03'

Lepiota viridigleba

speciesLepiota viridigleba

Lepiota sp. 'cortinarius-CT01'

speciesLepiota sp. 'cortinarius-CT01'

Lepiota squamulodiffracta

speciesLepiota squamulodiffracta

Lepiota geophana

speciesLepiota geophana

Lepiota sp. 'cortinarius-BE62'

speciesLepiota sp. 'cortinarius-BE62'

Lepiota thrombophora

speciesLepiota thrombophora

Lepiota cremea

speciesLepiota cremea

Lepiota albofloccosa

speciesLepiota albofloccosa

Lepiota pakistanensis

speciesLepiota pakistanensis

Lepiota efibulis

speciesLepiota efibulis

Lepiota metulispora

speciesLepiota metulispora

Lepiota attenuata

speciesLepiota attenuata

Lepiota penguiniformis

speciesLepiota penguiniformis

Lepiota woehnertii

speciesLepiota woehnertii

Lepiota babruka

speciesLepiota babruka

Lepiota pallidovelata

speciesLepiota pallidovelata

Lepiota mengei

speciesLepiota mengei

Lepiota rostratospora

speciesLepiota rostratospora

Lepiota basozonata

speciesLepiota basozonata

Lepiota subforquignonii

speciesLepiota subforquignonii

Lepiota jianensis

speciesLepiota jianensis

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Lepiota in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.137

Lepiota in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.156

Lepiota in Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.83

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