Lepiota magnispora    Murrill 

common name(s) : Yellowfoot Dapplerling, Spruce Parasol 

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

synonyms: Lepiota ventriosospora, Lepiota metulispora ss.auct., Lepiota metulaespora ss.auct. 

edibility : unknown edibility

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

The cap is tawny-yellow orange to ochre-red, on a paler ochre background. 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; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant, weak; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the woods, with pine and spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 2.5 and 8 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 3 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : yellow-brown umbo; stem covered with large yellow cottony scales; yellowish veil

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



page updated on 14/01/18