Lepiota saponella

Lepiota saponella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Lepiota
Species: L. saponella
Binomial name
Lepiota saponella
M.Bodin & Priou (1994)

Lepiota saponella is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Found in France, it was described as new to science in 1994.[1]

The fruit bodies (mushrooms) closely resemble those of the widespread species Lepiota cristata. L. saponella can be distinguished by its soapy smell, dingy buff-coloured gills, and smaller scales on the cap surface. Microscopically, its spores are more triangular than those of L. cristata.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bodin M, Priou JP. (1994). "Novitates - Lepiota saponella Bodin et Priou sp. nov.". Documents Mycologiques (in French) 23 (92): 62.
  2. ↑ Courtecuisse R. (1999). Mushrooms of Britain and Europe. Collins Wildlife Trust guides. London, UK: Harpercollins. p. 599. ISBN 978-0-00-220012-7.

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