Lepiota castanea    Quél. 

common name(s) : Chestnut Dapperling 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Lepiotaceae/Lepioteae  

synonyms: Lepiota ignipes 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Lepiota castanea
photo gallery of Lepiota castanea potential confusions with Lepiota castanea toxicity of Lepiota castanea genus Lepiota  

The cap is dark reddish-brown to orange at the centre, disrupting concentrically towards the margin, on a ochre-orange background, with a central umbo. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is with scales or bands under the ring, with a short-lived ring.

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is unpleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, more or less crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 18 ). The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the woods, on a rather rich in humus soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1.5 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 2.5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : umbonate cap, chestnut or dark brown on a white background; gills soon becoming yellow-brown

Lepiota castanea is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Lepiota castanea in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Lepiota castanea in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18