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Stinking dapperling or the stinking para
Lepiota cristata
Foraging: Never eat a wild mushroom on a photo or an app’s word. Many deadly species look like edible ones.
About
Lepiota cristata, commonly known as the stinking dapperling or the stinking parasol, is an agaric and possibly poisonous mushroom in the family Agaricaceae. A common and widespread species—one of the most widespread fungi in the genus Lepiota—it has been reported from Europe, northern Asia, North America, and New Zealand. It fruits on the ground in disturbed areas, such as lawns, path and road edges, parks, and gardens. The species produces fruit bodies characterized by the flat,...
- Family
- Agaricaceae
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- Name
- Lepiota cristata
- Slug
- lepiota-cristata
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Genus
- Lepiota
- Species
- cristata
- Wikidata QID
- Q855482
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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