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Shield dapperling or the shaggy-stalked

Lepiota clypeolaria

Foraging: Never eat a wild mushroom on a photo or an app’s word. Many deadly species look like edible ones.

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Lepiota clypeolaria commonly known as the shield dapperling or the shaggy-stalked Lepiota, is a common, poisonous mushroom in the genus Lepiota. It is widely distributed in northern temperate zones, where it grows in deciduous and coniferous forest. Fruit bodies have a brownish cap, a shaggy stipe with a collapsed, sheathing ring or ring zone, and spindle-shaped spores.

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Name
Lepiota clypeolaria
Slug
lepiota-clypeolaria
Kingdom
Fungi
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Lepiota
Species
clypeolaria
Wikidata QID
Q300967
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
28

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