Lepiota

Lepiota
Lepiota clypeolaria, the type species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Lepiota
(Pers.) Gray (1821)
Type species
Lepiota clypeolaria
Synonyms
  • Fusispora Fayod (1889)
  • Lepidotus Clem. (1902)
  • Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E.Horak (1968)
  • Morobia E.Horak (1979)
  • Amogaster Castellano (1995)

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.