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
|
|
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
.
| | Above : distribution map of Lepiota felina in the forest of Rambouillet |
|
page updated on 14/01/18