Lepiota felina    (Pers.) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Cat Dapperling, Cat Parasol 

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

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Lepiota felina toxicity of Lepiota felina genus Lepiota  

The cap is dark brown to black, 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 membranous ring.

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is unpleasant, mouldy; 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, on a rather calcareous soil, under birch, willow.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 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 3 mm (between 2 and 6 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : dark brown to black cap when young; membranous ring stained with grey-brown underneath; odour of mould or geranium

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



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