Species flashcards

Description

Cap: Conical or bell-shaped when young, later flattening. Its width can reach 12 (15) cm, its rust-clay-brown surface is covered with striking, yellowish-brown to dark brown, conical or pointed scales.

Gills: Free, white, often forked, quite narrow and densely standing; their edges irregularly, finely notched.

Stem: Whitish, maximum 12 cm tall and 1-2 cm thick. Below the hanging, membranous ring, the stem is covered with scales similar in color to those on the cap. Its cylindrical lower part may be slightly thickened.

Flesh: White, its smell and taste are very unpleasant.

Spore: White; 6.5-11 x 2-3.5 µm; elongated ellipsoid, smooth.

Occurrence: Occurs in both coniferous and deciduous forests, prefers dense leaf litter; also found on roadsides, parks and scrublands. Widespread everywhere, common in Hungary, from June to October.

Edibility: Due to its repulsive smell and taste, the spiny dapperling is completely inedible.

Confusion: There are about 11 lepiota species with pointed, spiny-scaly caps, but most of them are generally small and very rare. They grow especially in damp forests and parks. Their identification is difficult and requires a lot of experience, usually requiring the use of literature and a microscope.

Note: Mycological experts currently classify about 50 species in the lepiota genus, some of which are severely poisonous. The scientific name "aspera" means rough, uneven.

Species description: Lepiota aspera (Pers.) Quél. 1886

Taxonomy

1. PhylumBasidiomycota
2. ClassAgaricomycetes
3. OrderAgaricales
4. FamilyAgaricaceae
5. GenusEchinoderma

• Species: aspera
• Described by: (Pers.: Fr.) Bon (1991)
• Hungarian name: tüskés őzlábgomba
• Lifestyle: soil saprotroph
• Edibility: not edible