Lepiota cristata (Bolton) Kummer
Crested Lepiota

Lepiota from lepis, scale; cristata from crista, tuft or crest, referring to the scales on the cap

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 1.5-5cm; stipe 3-7 cm x 2-5 mm diameter, equal.. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 5.5-7 x3-4 micro,m; wedge shaped;pleurocytidia none..

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: flesh fragile, concentric rings of small brownscales w/ pale color between them, annulus present, odor strong and unpleasent.

Diagnostic microscopic feature: spores wedge shaped; cuticle composed of a compact layer of pyriform cells, between the scales composed of appressed colorless hyphae.

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common in Central United StatesCommon

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: growing on rotten logs, soil, humus, between rocks

Habitat: varies

Fruiting Season: Summer

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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