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Lepiota
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.
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