''Lepiota subincarnata'', commonly known as the fatal dapperling
and deadly parasol, is a gilled
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom.
The standard for the n ...
of the genus ''
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, typica ...
'' in the order
Agaricales
The Agaricales are an order (biology), order of fungi in the division (mycology), division Basidiomycota. As originally conceived, the order contained all the agarics (gilled mushrooms), but subsequent research has shown that not all agarics are ...
. It was first
described scientifically by the Danish mycologist
Jakob Emanuel Lange
Jakob Emanuel Lange (2 April 1864 – 27 December 1941), was a Danish mycologist who studied the systematics of gilled mushrooms.
His best-known work is ''Flora Agaricina Danica'', a five-volume plate work on the Agaricales of Denmark. He was also ...
in 1940.
[ Bon and Boiffard described ''Lepiota josserandii'' in 1974, which turned out to be the same species.
The mushroom's cap is light red to red-brown and cream-colored closer to the margin. The gills are whitish and the flesh is white to pinkish towards the top. The stem may be slightly larger at the base, cream-colored with patches of the cap color. The odor is somewhat fruity and the taste is unpleasant.]
See also
* List of deadly fungi
* List of ''Lepiota'' species
References
External links
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subincarnata
Deadly fungi
Fungi of Asia
Poisonous fungi
Fungi of Europe
Fungi of North America
Fungi described in 1940
Fungus species
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