Lepiota pseudofelina    Lange ex Lange 



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

edibility : inedible

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

The cap is grey, grey-brown to blackish, 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, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the woods.

The fruiting period takes place from September to October.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 1 and 2.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 0 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 0 and 3 mm)

Distinctive features : grey-brown to blackish cap; blackish scales below the ring zone

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



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