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Lepiota
Sign in to saveLepiota is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All Lepiota species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stipe. Around 400 species of Lepiota are currently recognized worldwide. Many species are poisonous, some lethally so.
Species
parasollsopp
FAMILY
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyAgaricaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,239
- With media
- 4,492
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- History
- Current status
- Description
- Habitat and distribution
- Toxicity
- Literature
- List of species
- See also
- References
Lepiota is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All Lepiota species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stipe. Around 400 species of Lepiota are currently recognized worldwide. Many species are poisonous, some lethally so.
==Taxonomy==
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