Leucoagaricus badhamii    (Berk. & Broome) Singer 

common name(s) : Blushing Dapperling 

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

synonyms: Leucocoprinus badhamii, Lepiota meleagroides, Leucoagaricus badhamii 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Macrolepiota badhami, Lepiota badhami, Macrolepiota badhamii)  

edibility : poisonous

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The cap is brown (scales) on a pale background, becoming reddish then brown when touched or with age, with a central umbo. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is smooth, without zebra-like markings, with a mobile ring.

its taste is mild; the odour is unpleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in parks, sawdust, on rich soils, on a rather rich in nitrogenous compounds soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 10 cm (between 2 and 20 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 5 and 15 mm)

Chemical tests : cap, flesh and gills becoming greenish when in contact with ammonia.

Distinctive features : small scales upturned on the dark reddish cap, with a striate margin; non bulbous rooting stem

Leucoagaricus badhamii is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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