Lepiota ventriospora (Yellowfoot Dapperling)

Lepiota ventriospora

Forests, parks, among grasses. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 4-6 (8) cm across, rarely larger, bell-shaped, flattened, with a smooth or cracked umbo, ochre, brownish-ochre, darker in the middle, fibrous, scaly, margins bent downwards, sometimes split. Gills white, broad, soft. Stem 4-10x0.4-1 cm, with a ragged ring, white above it, below it covered with scales and fibrils the colour of the cap. Flesh thin, white, soft, with a pleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: this species is very similar to the Shield Dapperling (Lepiota clypeolaria), differing in its slightly larger, darker fruiting bodies and larger ventricose spores. Grows singly or in small groups, in much the same way as the Shield Dapperling. Edible, of low value. Uncommon.