Lepiota boudieri    Bres. 

common name(s) : Girdled Dapperling 

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

synonyms: Lepiota fulvella, Lepiota acerina ss.Kelderman 

edibility : discard

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

The cap is reddish-brown to tawny-brown at the centre, disrupting concentrically towards the margin without forming distinct scales, on a ochre-yellow background, with a central umbo; its margin is with white veil remnants. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is with scales or bands under the ring, with a membranous ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant; 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 hazel.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1.5 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 3 and 7 mm)

Distinctive features : cap covered with brown fibrils, not disrupting into clear scales

Lepiota boudieri is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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